Alien: Covenant

  • Theatrical - Wide 2017-05-19

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9/10

Synopsis

Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created in ALIEN with ALIEN: COVENANT, the second chapter in a prequel trilogy that began with PROMETHEUS — and connects directly to Scott’s 1979 seminal work of science fiction. Bound for a remote planet... See more on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world — whose sole inhabitant is the “synthetic” David (Michael Fassbender), survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.

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Alien: Covenant (Movie Review)

PLOT: When the colonization crew of the deep-space Covenant vessel lands on a distant planet that seems perfectly habitable, a lethal multiform alien parasite is the only living organism awaiting them. REVIEW: Very few filmmakers – current, contemporary, dead, alive,...

Alien: Covenant (Eric W’s Review)

A note: This is a mostly spoiler-free review. However, it’s also mainly meant for people who’ve already seen ALIEN: COVENANT, as I won’t be providing an extended synopsis or detailed descriptions of scenes. So consider this a place where you...

Review: Alien: Covenant

Read Paul Shirey's review HERE PLOT: After a disastrous deep space accident, the crew of a ship carrying thousands of colonists, lands on a mysterious, habitable planet. Soon they discover this hidden paradise contains a deadly secret related to the...

Review: Alien: Covenant

**Mild Spoilers below** It’s been five years since we’ve last revisited the ALIEN franchise with Ridley Scott’s ambiguous origin tale in PROMETHEUS, a film that ended up being a more divisive look at the series than simply a well-made monster...

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Things get bloody in the latest Alien: Covenant tease

The more behind-the-scenes ALIEN: COVENANT images we get that are accompanied by a set of mysterious numbers, the more it becomes clear that this isn't some kind of countdown, as some have speculated. The numbers aren't counting down, they fluctuate....

New Alien: Covenant image takes us down a familiar hallway

If you were somehow worried that Ridley Scott's ALIEN: COVENANT wouldn't feature the customary H.R. Giger-style creepy hallway, you're about to be very relieved. The past week has seen the release of several new images from the upcoming PROMETHEUS sequel,...

Alien: Covenant shares another image and more numbers

Yesterday, we discussed the mystery related to the most recently released behind-the-scenes images from ALIEN: COVENANT. Why were the images accompanied by the numbers "220512052104" and "130112062104"? What do these numbers mean? Are they – as some speculate – some...

James Franco set to board Alien: Covenant

Though it's rapidly approaching its bumped-up date of this May, and we have seen a bunch of new images for it, there are still plenty of mysteries surrounding ALIEN: COVENANT.  Just as soon as we thought we were getting closer...
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James Franco officially in Alien: Covenant; Waterston packs heat in new pic

UPDATE: The official announcement has been made that James Franco is joining ALIEN: COVENANT, proving the rumors true. Just earlier this morning, two new images with mysterious numerical captions were released to promote Ridley Scott's upcoming PROMETHEUS sequel ALIEN: COVENANT. Now, just...

Dissecting Michael Fassbender!

MICHAEL FASSBENDER! Is there a more intimidating and venerated actor in the game right now than Michael Fassbender? Dude's handsome, talented and anyone who's seen SHAME, clearly packing a huge hog. Seriously though, in only 15 short years, this German...

Alien: Covenant shares new images with mysterious numbers

As we creep ever closer to the May 19, 2017 release date of director Ridley Scott's PROMETHEUS sequel / ALIEN prequel ALIEN: COVENANT, we can expect to start seeing a bit more from the project than the behind-the-scenes teases and spy...
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