James and Bob peering through some blinds in A Scanner Darkly - Warner Independent Pictures When one thinks of sci-fi movies starring Keanu Reeves, "The Matrix" franchise is the first thing that comes ...

Well, no one could ever accuse Richard Linklater of playing it safe. A Scanner Darkly may have a star-studded cast, albeit of the easily lambasted variety (Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr ...

It is a relatively quiet weekend for new movies in theaters. With a number of current specialty releases already vying for moviegoers, just a couple of new titles will join the fray. Among the highest ...

?A Scanner Darkly? is a film that is groundbreaking not only in its supremely original animation style, but also in its political and social commentary. Based on a Philip K. Dick novel written in 1977 ...

Without its animation, "A Scanner Darkly" would have made a fine cautionary tale about drug addiction, paranoia and institutional treachery in a foundering police state. But with a technique that ...

“A Scanner Darkly” just might be Philip K. Dick’s most powerful story — an autobiographically based, cautionary tale about the ravages of drugs on both individuals and societies. Never out of print in ...