Beyond a science fiction film, Blade Runner (1982) by Ridley Scott is an artwork that tackles deep moral issues; what is the self, what is the humane, what is the price of cutting-edge technologies? With replicants almost indistinguishable from real humans in a future world where they exist, the movie has profound themes about life, …
“Ghost Cat Anzu” is a French-Japanese animated film slated to be released in 2024 and is directed by Yōko Kuno and Nobuhiro Yamashita based on a manga by Takashi Imashiro named Bakeneko Anzu-chan. It recounts the life adventures of a girl named Karin who is eleven years old, and her ward, a ghost anthropomorphic cat …
Peter Jackson’s 2001 science fantasy film, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, was cleverly taken from J.R.R. Tolkien’s words, as he had intricate details of adventure, friendship, and fierce battles between good and evil. One thing he did was set out impressive landscapes for further developments, needed in an epic tale …
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) is the second part of a three-part adaptation of the novels written by J. R. R. Tolkien. It is one of the most memorable chapters in this epic saga of Peter Jackson. As the story begins, the narrative design continues where The Fellowship of the Ring …
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 movie coming last in the series of Peter Jackson’s epic trilogies based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s novel. The film attempts to put to rest the age-old tale of middle-earth in such a grand and emotional way where the forces of good and evil …
Underworld (2003) directed by Len Wiseman, plunged audiences into a dark Gothic realm filled with a long-standing and fierce rivalry between vampires and Lycans (werewolves). The picture incorporates elements of the supernatural into the action movie while maintaining a trendy surreal elegance, thus, providing a different perspective on the traditional vampire story. The film lures …
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Underworld: Evolution (2006), directed by Len Wiseman, is the second part of the Underworld series and is nothing short of the word “intense.” This film proves to add more dimensions into the conflict of vampires and Lycan by going deeper into history and revealing the facts which have been the water to the plants of …
The Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) returns to the initial concept of the Underworld series, presenting the history of the vampire and Lycan war. In this prequel directed by Patrick Tatopoulos, we learn more about Lucian, who is the first Lycan, and his struggle against the vampire overlords. What is mostly different compared to …
The year of 2012 is deemed a watershed moment in the Underworld film series as it was directed by German-Swedish duo of Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein. The story advances fourteen years into the future after the last events of the film: blood wars are revealed to the human society, who decided to fight against …
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It had barely been a year since the release of Blood Wars (2016) in which the last installment in the series was directed by Anna Foerster. The movie brings the war into the end where vampires and Lycans have come to a point of extinction as both species fight relentless and desperate battles for survival. …
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