On this day in movie history - American Psycho (2000):

American Psycho,

directed by Mary Harron,

written by Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner,

based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis,

was released in the United States on April 14, 2000.
Music by John Cale.

Picture shown in Patrick Bateman’s apartment is part of the Men in the Cities series by Robert Longo:

Cast:
Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage, Chloë Sevigny, Reese Witherspoon, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Jared Leto, Willem Dafoe, Cara Seymour, Guinevere Turner, Stephen Bogaert, Monika Meier, Reg E. Cathey, Blair Williams, Marie Dame, Kelley Harron, Patricia Gage, Krista Sutton, Landy Cannon, Park Bench, Catherine Black, Margaret Ma, Peter Tufford Kennedy, Mark Pawson, Jessica Lau, Lilette Wiens, Glen Marc Silot, Charlotte Hunter, Kiki Buttignol, Joyce R. Korbin, Reuben Thompson, Bryan Renfro, Ross Gibby, Christina McKay, Alan McCullough, Anthony Lemke, Connie Chen, Brett Alexander, Peter Loung, Joseph Oliveira, Leanne Poirier, Somaya Reece, Kate Steen.

On this day in movie history - Dallas Buyer’s Club (2013):

Dallas Buyer’s Club,

directed by Jean-Marc Vallée,

written by Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack,

was released in the United States on November 1, 2013.
Music by Joe Delia.

Cast:
Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Denis O’Hare, Steve Zahn, Michael O’Neill, Dallas Roberts, Griffin Dunne, Kevin Rankin, Donna Duplantier, Deneen Tyler, J. D. Evermore, Ian Casselberry, Noelle Wilcox, Bradford Cox, Rick Espaillat, Lawrence Turner, Lucius Falick, James DuMont, Jane McNeill, Don Brady, Matthew Thompson, Tony Bentley, Sean Boyd, Rachel Wulff, Neeona Neal, Scott Takeda, Jonathan Tabler, Joji Yoshida, Carl Palmer, Martin Covert, Douglas M. Griffin, David Lichtenstein, Craig Borten, Henry Frost, Arthur Smith.

On this day in movie history - Blade Runner 2049 (2017):

Blade Runner 2049,

directed by Denis Villeneuve,

written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green,

based on a story by Hampton Fancher,

was released in the United States on October 6, 2017.
Music by Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer.

Cast:
Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri, Lennie James, Dave Bautista, Jared Leto, Edward James Olmos, Barkhad Abdi, Hiam Abbass, David Dastmalchian, Wood Harris, Tómas Lemarquis, Sean Young, Loren Peta.

Blade Runner 2049:

Today we saw the long-awaited sequel to Ridley Scott’s ground-breaking 1982 original: Blade Runner, based on Philip K. Dick’s novel: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 

I’m way behind on my movie blogs, and Blade Runner 2049 is added to the list of those I’ll be covering.

For now, I’m not going to give any plot details; I’m only going to say that this movie is worth the price of the ticket to see it on the giant cinema screen.

As I watched, I remembered seeing Jaws for the first time when I was kid. Although both movies are completely different; both movies reminded of why I fell in love with movies in the first place.

This scene of Ryan Gosling, as K…

… is nicely reminiscent of the silhouette in the novel and comic book logos: