Alien: Covenant

  • Theatrical - Wide 2017-05-19

JoBlo's Rating

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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AITH: Weekly Wrap-up June 5th-9th, 2017

Welcome to the AITH: WEEKLY WRAP-UP of the week June 5th-9th, 2017. This week we learned Doug Bradley would absolutely return as Pinhead, Neill Blomkamp’s ALIEN 5 is officially dead and much, much more! If you missed something this week,...

Alien: Covenant prequel novel sounds lame as hell

Okay, so let’s break this down a bit. First, we heard that there was to be an ALIEN: COVENANT sequel novel called ALIEN COVENANT 2: THE OFFICIAL SEQUEL TO THE BLOCKBUSTER FILM. Then we got word that the book was...

Damon Lindelof talks where his Prometheus sequel was to take place

As most, or all of us, know, the original ALIEN prequel flick PROMETHEUS was co-written by Damon Lindelof aka the dude half-responsible for that f*cking TV show LOST. Lindelof was brought into the production after Jon Spaihts turned in his true ALIEN prequel...

Neill Blomkamp confirms Alien 5 is officially dead

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