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SIU Reviews - Ready Player One

Movie poster for Ready Player One

Steven Spielberg's latest movie is the Science Fiction virtual reality adventure Ready Player One.   The movie is  based on Ernest Cline’s novel of the same name.  In this edition of SIU Reviews, film critic Walter Metz takes a closer look at the film that is set in 2045 but firmly rooted in 1980's movie lore.

  Walter Metz is is a Professor of Film Studies in the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.  You can listen to more SIU Reviews here.
 

Walter Metz is a Professor of Film Studies in the Department of Cinema and Photography at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He teaches film, television, theater and photography history, theory and criticism.
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