What did you miss in all that gloom? Read my whole plot recap below (or if you’re after my four star review, it’s here) Where we are (time and place) It’s 2142 and the Wayland-Yutani Renaissance space station – made up of two sides, Romulus and Remus – has a mission to locate and bring… Alien Romulus – what happens and… where are we? Read More
Alien: Romulus 4 stars
A young woman and her android brother battle xenomorphs in an abandoned research station. Seven films into this franchise, Alien: Romulus manages to be both terrifying and comforting; the audience revisiting their haunted childhood home, relieved to be tucked up in their old bed even if it does levitate. There is no comfort for our… Alien: Romulus Read More
Alien (4k Restoration: 2019) 5 stars
*** click down for two film clips, the trailer and images *** The Nostromo, the towing ship pulling a mining refinery, takes its name from the title of a novel by Joseph Conrad. In the book, Nostromo the man is a tool of the rich, which neatly sums up how the company sees Ripley, Dallas, Kane, Lambert and… Alien (4k Restoration: 2019) Read More
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem 1.5 stars
Warning: spoilers ahead, though only of the ending as I wasn’t entirely sure what was happening during the actual film. When it comes to predators vs aliens, I always find myself rooting for the predators. We can recognise something in them can’t we? For instance, their similarity to Earth’s own hot-but-dim guys – sexy, until… Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem Read More
RIP Harry Dean Stanton, 91 But Always 55 To Me
The great character actor Harry Dean Stanton has died, at an incredible 91. Am I the only person who felt he was permanently in his mid-50s? Even when he didn’t actually look like that? He was in so many movies but my favourite memories of him are in Pretty In Pink as Andie’s dad with *that* dress,… RIP Harry Dean Stanton, 91 But Always 55 To Me Read More
Alien – Video Review Includes Video 5 stars
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Alien 5 stars
*** Read my review of the 4k restoration of Alien and check out images from the film *** So often horror films have an extra opponent every bit as evil and twisted as the main threat. Fighting on one front for a hero or, more usually, a heroine, simply isn’t enough to test them to their limits… Alien Read More
Alien: Covenant 3.5 stars
A Covenant is an agreement between god and his people but Alien Covenant is so heady with religion I’m surprised they didn’t go the whole way and call it Alien: Old Testament. The question is who is god here – Weyland, David, the Engineers, or Ridley Scott himself who has clearly hugely enjoyed drenching his… Alien: Covenant Read More
The Thing (2011 Prequel) 3 stars
As soon as the Americans started exploring the burnt out Norwegian research station in The Thing (1982) I was desperate for a prequel to find out what happened to our Scandi friends. (I demand prequels a lot. I’m still desperate for John Wick: The Prologue. But more than that, I want to find out all about the wheeler-dealing… The Thing (2011 Prequel) Read More
The Thing (1982) 4 stars
John Carpenter’s The Thing has everything – physical isolation in an antarctic scientific base, failed communication channels, a coming storm (literal and metaphorical), psychological horror as the threat grows and established friendships crumble, and really, really disgusting monsters that I couldn’t take my eyes off. There is a delightful yuck factor to The Thing’s Things. (That is… The Thing (1982) Read More
It’s International Women’s Day! Hear Me Roar Like The T-Rex In Jurassic Park
Yes, it’s that day again when all the mysogynists pop up to ask when International Men’s Day is. So come on over and tell me how to be a feminist. Just kidding, I can google. Once I’ve stopped Hoovering anyway. Also if you remind me I’ll do a post on IMD which is on 19th November. As long… It’s International Women’s Day! Hear Me Roar Like The T-Rex In Jurassic Park Read More
Alien: Covenant – The Crew Are Having A Last Supper, Cue Gods & Monsters
The religious parallels were everywhere in Prometheus. What were the Engineers but vengeful Old Testament Gods, creating then destroying at will? And now a 4-minute prologue to Alien: Covenant has just been released, directed by Luke Scott, entitled the Last Supper. In Christianity the Last Supper is the last meal that Jesus and his Apostles shared,… Alien: Covenant – The Crew Are Having A Last Supper, Cue Gods & Monsters Read More