PeriAndrews

The most recent addition to my list of favourite films would have to be ‘Bladerunner’. Underlying Philip K Dick’s source material is a visual work of art, bringing up questions regarding existentialism, technology and humanity itself. It’s a film that many would idolise as one of the greatest science fiction films of all time, and one of Ridley Scott’s best films to date. With that there has been a lot of anticipation for a sequel over the years. While not everyone in the world is in favour of this idea, a second instalment has been confirmed regardless, and is set to come out some time in 2017. The film will be

Christopher Nolan is one of this generations most ambitious filmmakers. His movies are complex, inventive and highly practical. While by no means does that justify the ravings of his obsessive fanbase (I've had the misfortune to have witnessed that first hand) I have no issues saying he's one of the greatest directors working today. Taking a look at his filmography, it's easy to see what influenced him to make certain movies the way he did. The one I'd like to examine today is the 2010 film 'Inception'. Originality is a loose term. Often times a movie that seems one-of-a-kind can be interpreted as being similar to something else, or perhaps

Last time we covered one of the most well known pieces of science fiction of the past few decades, 'The Matrix', and what lead to its inception. I did my best to cover everything I could think of in that analysis, but one thing I forgot to mention was the impact that the film itself had on pop culture. Amongst countless parodies and ripoffs, there are a few cases that stand adequately on their own. One of which is the film 'Equilibrium', released in 2002. Highly reminiscent of 'The Matrix', Kurt Wimmer's sci-fi epic is more on the low budget side of things, but in my opinion it's still a good movie with a lot of ambition. This time the influe

Of course we have all heard of the classic science fiction film 'The Matrix'. If for whatever reason you haven't seen it yet, I recommend you do. Because despite the overwhelming unoriginality of the first film, I can say with all sincerity that it is a good movie when viewed on it's own terms. The story is well realized, the action scenes are spectacular, and the effects were groundbreaking for the time. However when all is considered, 'The Matrix' is essentially just a collage of influences drawing from various different areas of pop culture, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Keep in mind that 'Star Wars' is very much the same way. That