Movie Reviews7.3/10
‘A Scanner Darkly’: Rotoscoped Experiment That Blurs More Than It Reveals
A Scanner Darkly review: Richard Linklater's rotoscoped adaptation of Philip K. Dick's novel is a bold, flawed experiment worth watching.
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Tag: Philip K. Dick
TV Reviews7/10
Electric Dreams Turns Dick’s Short Stories Into Standalone TV Episodes, and Mostly Makes It Work
A ten-episode anthology series of Philip K. Dick's short stories, each a closed loop of strange premises and quick turns.
Movie Reviews6.1/10
Next Review: Nicolas Cage Sees the Future, but Can’t Save It
A prophet of time, doomed to see every disaster yet powerless to avert it.
Movie Reviews6/10
Paul Verhoeven’s Mars memory thriller still works as action, less so as Philip K. Dick
Total Recall (1990) review: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Paul Verhoeven and a Mars memory puzzle that never decides if it wants brains or brawls.
TV Reviews7.7/10
Amazon’s Nazi-victory drama ran four seasons and never settled on what it wanted to say
A review of Amazon's The Man in the High Castle, the alt-history series where the Axis won WWII, across four seasons and 40 episodes.