The UnPopular Opinion: The Green Mile

Posted 9 years ago

Alex THE UNPOPULAR OPINION is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATHED. We're hoping this column...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: John Hurt

Posted 9 years ago

Chris John Hurt I was at Sundance when I heard that John Hurt had passed on. Being a long-time fan of one of Britain’s truly great actors, I was surprised that I’d never written him up for this column. Maybe...

Cool Videos: Kick off Alien Day with the classic trailer to the original

Posted 10 years ago

As you may have noticed, today is being dubbed "Alien Day" by 20th Century Fox and anyone else wanting to get in on the action. Why April 26th? Well, if you recall, LV-426 was the satellite on which the crashed...

20th Century Fox is turning April 26 into Alien Day

Posted 10 years ago

Open up those Calendar apps and start making notes for April 26. The previously unremarkable Tuesday has now been dubbed ALIEN Day by Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products who have turned the date into a massive social media campaign to...

Now Ridley Scott claims there are Ripley connections in Alien: Paradise Lost

Posted 11 years ago

We many never get Ridley Scott to shut up about PROMETHEUS 2… sorry, ALIEN: PARADISE LOST. Now that the cat is out of the bag about the title and the closer we inch toward him heading into production sometime next...

Why It Works: Alien

Posted 11 years ago

Why It Works is an ongoing column which breaks down some of the most acclaimed films in history and explores what makes them so iconic, groundbreaking, and memorable. ****SPOILERS AHEAD**** Low budget sci-fi movies and generic monster-in-the-house fare… the 70's...

Neill Blomkamp wants to give Ripley a proper ending with his Alien sequel

Posted 11 years ago

A week ago we learned that a new ALIEN movie was in development from DISTRICT 9 and EYLSIUM director Neill Blomkamp. The man started putting the ideas for the movie together himself and posted some concept art online. Fox got...

Cool Videos: Alien: Isolation brings dread to gaming consoles

Posted 12 years ago

There have been a ton of games over the years capitalizing on the ALIEN franchise (and more recently, ALIEN VS PREDATOR), but this is the first game I’ve seen that really emulates the atmosphere of Ridley Scott’s original ALIEN. So...

Sigourney Weaver open to playing Ripley again in another Alien movie

Posted 12 years ago

While making an appearance at the Hero Complex Film Festival, Sigourney Weaver revealed she is interested in reprising her iconic role from the ALIEN series, and talked about what a fifth ALIEN flick might look like. The actress took part...

Creator of classic Alien design, H.R. Giger, has passed away at age 74

Posted 12 years ago

Sandra Mivelaz, administrator at the H.R. Giger museum in Gruyeres, Switzerland, informed the associated press that artist H.R. Giger died in a hospital on Monday at age 74, due to injuries suffered in a fall.  The artist was famous for...

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