Rutger Hauer

Rutger Hauer as the replicant Roy Batty in Blade Runner (1982)
Rutger Hauer in his breakout role as the replicant Roy Batty in Blade Runner (1982)

Blade Runner (1982)

Blade Runner (1982)
Rating: ★★★★★
Jan 8, 2000Cyberpunk Future/Hunt for Escaped Androids
Ridley Scott's film was not a success at the time but has since been regarded as a SF masterpiece, one of the defining screen treatments of android themes while the incredibly dense Cyberpunk vision of the future was copied by many subsequent films
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Ladyhawke (1985)

Ladyhawke (1985)
Rating: ★★★★
Apr 7, 2001Mediaeval Fantasy/Lovers Under Animal Transformation Curse
Beautifully made Richard Donner mediaeval fantasy with two lovers suffering a curse that transforms them into animals only able to touch in person for a second at dusk and dawn each day
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The Salute of the Jugger (1989)

The Salute of the Jugger (1989)
Rating: ★★★
Apr 19, 2001Post-Holocaust Sports Team
Interesting film directed by David Peoples, the screenwriter of Blade Runner, about a post-apocalyptic sports team. This avoids the cliches of the Mad Max film and creates an interesting future background
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Nostradamus (1994)

Nostradamus (1994)
Rating: ★★
Oct 28, 2001Historical Biopic of a Clairvoyant
Biopic of the so-called prophet Nostradamus, although this seems more interested in depicting him as a progressive thinker of his era than as a prophet. Directed by Roger Christian who next went on to make Battlefield Earth
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The 10th Kingdom (2000)

The 10th Kingdom (2000)
Rating: ★★½
Dec 26, 2014Fairytale Parody Mini-Series
Hallmark mini-series set in a world 200 years after the classic fairytales have occurred, this wittily deflates or contrasts classic story elements with the present-day, even if a certain amount trails off into comic silliness
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Sin City (2005)

Sin City (2005)
Rating: ★★★★★
Aug 20, 2005Graphic Novel Adaptation/Ultra-Violent Film Noir Tales
Robert Rodriguez's adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novels is groundbreaking and one of the most visually adventurous films in years. A trio of film noir-styled tales where he sets out to replicate the look of Miller's comic panels
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The Rite (2011)

The Rite (2011)
Rating: ★★★½
Jan 29, 2011Demonic Possession and Exorcism/"True Story"
Full-blooded possession and exorcism that takes its Catholic cant seriously and emerges as dramatically gripping, with Anthony Hopkins delivering a tour-de-force performance. Supposedly based on a true story.
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RPG (2013)

RPG (2013)
Rating: ★
May 11, 2015Deadly Elimination Game in Avatar Bodies
A Hunger Games wannabe with elderly people forced to eliminate one another while inhabiting young avatar bodies inside a virtual simulation. It is a long time since I have encountered a film where the fundamental premise makes no sense whatsoever when you look at it logically
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The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (2015)

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (2015)
Rating: ★
Mar 13, 2015Sword and Sorcery
Fourth entry in the eminently forgettable sword-and-sorcery series, this heads down into bad movie stakes by writing a series of grating quips over everything, while the action scenes exist in the realm of unbelievability that show that nobody is treating anything with the slightest seriousness
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Rating: ★★★★
Nov 18, 2017Space Opera/Comic-Book Adaptation
It was a box-office bomb but this is one of the most breathtaking and completely designed SF work to ever cross the screen. In terms of effects, sets and costuming, Luc Besson gives us a work that is an overwhelming treat for the eyes
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