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Film Review: "The Dog Stars" — Ridley Scott Finds Startling Tenderness at the End of the World

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Ridley Scott has been circling the apocalypse for most of his career, whether it's the corporate horror of Alien, the dystopian sprawl of Blade Runner, or the fall of empires in Gladiator. But The Dog Stars, his adaptation of Peter Heller's 2012 bestseller, is something new for the 87-year-old director:...

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Director Ridley Scott, whom we have met, gives a beautiful share of human and nature in a post-apocalyptic world. A nice surprise, especially for the eyes.

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On Friday, Ridley Scott’s first science fiction film comes to the cinemas in nine years. The British director returns to the genre on the big screen after almost a decade with The Constellation of the Dog, the adaptation of Peter Heller’s homonymous novel. Scott says that “it’s his best film since Mars,” but specialized criticism disagrees. The film takes us to a world in which humanity has been virtually decimated by a brutal pandemic that has …

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