Ready Player One (Rated T)

Cast: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Mark Rylance, Ben Mendelsohn

Genre: Thriller/fantasy

Dwight’s rating: Not bad

It’s always fascinating to see how movies in the past have depicted what the future will hold.

With the proliferation of science fiction movies since the 1950s, filmmakers have steadily trotted out films examining what Earth will be like. And often, they’ve suggested the future will be quite bleak and frightening indeed!

There’s usually a common theme: some apocalyptic or near-apocalyptic event that will cause a major shift in human nature and behavior — often for the (much, much) worse. There’s also often some sort of mega-corporation that will rule the world — more powerful and troublesome than any government!

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