Graphic explains the high concept plot and analyses the movie’s trailer — highlighting numerous 80s and 90s pop culture references.
MOVIES
“Ready Player One” — Spielberg’s ode to the 80s
By Ninian Carter
March 28, 2018 - Borrowing popular icons from movies, television and video games, Steven Spielberg’s latest science-fiction offering is largely a love letter to the decade he helped define, the 1980s.
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