In the sci-fi thriller "A Scanner Darkly," the main character, played by Keanu Reeves, appears as a hazy, shape-shifting mass of ever-changing skin tones and features. A reluctant undercover drug ...

When my friends found out I was willing to pay to see "A Scanner Darkly" - the newest movie by Richard Linklater - they scoffed at my hopefulness for this film. Unlike much of Linklater's work, this ...

With rotoscoping, anything can made animated, even Keanu Reeves. It is this tracing animation that director Richard Linklater has again turned to — just as he did for his dreamy 2001 film “Waking Life ...

Keanu Reeves and Robert Downey Jr. both appeared in a cult classic sci-fi film by Richard Linklater, but audiences just weren ...

A Scanner Darkly: Animated drama. Starring Keanu Reeves, Rory Cochrane, Robert Downey Jr. and Winona Ryder. Directed by Richard Linklater. (R. 100 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Moviemakers over the ...

?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 ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...

Director Richard Linklater's adaptation of the Philip K. Dick novel A Scanner Darkly stars Keanu Reeves. It was produced by filming live actors, and rendering the images in a painting-like animation ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Another Philip K. Dick story has been adapted for the screen, and this time it’s by one of ...