The Wachowskis injected their signature blend of philosophy, action, and social commentary, aspects that mostly work.
The samecan’t be said for Eddie Redmayne, but that’s another story.
Science fiction is, at its best, boundary-pushing, much likeJupiter Ascending.
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The screenplay is equally impressive, written by Stanley Kubrick and legendary sci-fi authorArthur C. Clarke.
Stragne energy reading and pulses have been detected, and these pulses threaten all of humanity.
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The film that follows is an intimate examination of human relationships through the lens of a well-made sci-fi film.
Pollution and accumulated trash have left Earth uninhabitable.
Little WALL-E is left to clean up the mess as humanity literally runs away from that problems it created.
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One of his more complex offerings isDark City, despite bombing at the box office.
John Murdoch, with no memory, finds himself accused of multiple murders.
What follows is a spiraling search for the truth.
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Most of the praise forDark Cityis directed at its visuals, and that’s well deserved.
The themes are bigger.
The sets are bigger.
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The visuals are a character unto themselves.
The film from Soviet Russia follows the team at a space station as they descend into an emotional breakdown.
Will Kris, a psychologist tasked with evaluating the crew, succumb to the same fate?
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3Akira (1988)
It is hard to understate the importance ofKatsuhiro Otomo’sAkira.
Would we even know that that consciousness had been achieved?
But perhaps its most lasting impact comes from its contributions to cinema and film history.
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