Cypher – The Top Ten Alternate Reality Movies (Part Three)

Previous entries in this series can be found here. Without further ado, I present number three in my list of favourite, unmissable Alternate Reality movies, the brilliant Cypher. 3. Cypher (2002, dir: Vincenzo Natali) 9/10 The Cambridge dictionary offers two illuminating definitions of the word ‘cipher’ (the correct way to spell this word) as a …

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Twelve Monkeys – The Top Ten Alternate Reality Movies (Part Two)

By James Lynn Page / Film, The Review

Others in this series can be found here. Without further ado, I present number two in my list of favourite, unmissable Alternate Reality movies: 2. Twelve Monkeys (1995, dir: Terry Gilliam) 9/10 From a script by David and Janet Peoples, Twelve Monkeys is partly based on Chris Marker’s meditation on the nature of time …

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The Top Ten Alternate Reality Movies (Part One): James Lynn Page

By James Lynn Page / Film, The Review

What are the best Alternate Reality Movies? Those whose storylines and characters exist in some other dimension than this one. When you, the viewer, are forced to ask: ‘is this happening for real now or is it in his/her head?’ One of the most accomplished in this vein is Christopher Nolan’s 2010 psychological thriller, Inception. …

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