Posts Tagged ‘Ridley Scott’

Robin Longstride (Russell Crowe) is an archer fighting in King Richard The Lionheart’s (Danny Huston) crusades across Europe.  After King Richard dies on the field of battle Robin, along with a few of his compatriots, decide to desert the crusade and return to England.  Upon Robin’s return to England he decides to take the name of Robin of Loxley and rides to Nottingham to complete a task he promised one of his men in arms from the crusade he would.  There he ends up entwined in all the worries of Nottingham and the Loxley estate.  With Prince John (Oscar Isaac) now crowned King of England he has decided that England’s citizens must pay the cost to restore England to its former glory. (more…)

Last week in the weekly poll I asked What’s Ridley Scott’s Best Film? 24 Votes later it was decided that his 1979 action/sci-fi classic, Alien. Alien received 38% of the votes in the poll with his 1982 classic Blade Runner coming a close second with 29% of the votes.  His 2000 film Gladiator won 4 votes which gave it 17% of the total.  I’m surprised to see that the big Other getting a total of 8%of the votes.  Even though I left Matchstick Men and Thelma and Louise off the poll, because I honestly didn’t think they were that big in comparison to the other films that were on the poll.  Tied for fifth place with a vote each are: Black Hawk Down and Kingdom of Heaven: The Director’s Cut.

So do you agree with the popular vote this week?

Since this upcoming weekend we’ll be treated to Ridley Scott‘s latest film, Robin Hood, I want to know what you think is his best film?  Let me know by voting in the poll below and if you don’t think any of the options appeal to you then you can comment which film is his best: (more…)

This week our hosts decide to discuss Katheryn Bigelow’s 1987 vampire flick, Near Dark, and also explain themselves for why they need to explain themselves. (more…)

 

 The Unnamed Movie Podcast [Episode 31 - Near Dark] [98:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Here Douglas, Damion and I return, after a long hiatus [i.e. bad recordings] to review Welcome to the Dollhouse. (more…)

 

 The Unnamed Movie Podcast [Episode 21 - Welcome to the Dollhouse] [145:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It’s been reported that Ridley Scott [also directed films such as Blade Runner and Black Hawk Down] has been attached to direct the upcoming prequel for the Alien franchise.  The screenplay is currently being written by Jon Spaihts.  It has been three decades since the first Alien film was released, which was directed by Ridley Scott, and with many people curious as to what kind of prequel we can be expecting it is just exciting to hear that Ridley is back on the franchise that he started. (more…)