Posts Tagged ‘Alien’
Book Review: The Complete Alien Collection: Symphony of Death by Alex White and Tim Waggoner
Following their first omnibus in January, Titan Books is closing out the year with another collection of three standalone Alien novels.
Read MoreBook Review: Find the Xenomorph – An Aliens Search-and-Find Book Illustrated by Kevin Crossley
Find the Xenomorph will bring hours of puzzling fun.
Read MoreThe Dark (1979) Blu-ray Review: I’d Be Okay If It Had Stayed in the Dark
It isn’t terrible but I wasn’t afraid of The Dark.
Read MoreBook Review: Alien 3 by Pat Cadigan, based on the Unproduced First-Draft Screenplay by William Gibson
Alien 3 has been saddled with challenges since it was first announced. Multiple directors and screenplay efforts came forward, and the end product borrowed elements from a few different ones, resulting in a 1992 theatrical release that fell a bit short with critics and viewers alike. In 2003, the Assembly Cut was produced to reintegrate…
Read MoreAlien 3: The Unproduced Screenplay by William Gibson by Pat Cadigan Book Giveaway
William Gibson’s never-before-adapted screenplay for the direct sequel to Aliens, revealing the fates of Ripley, Newt, the synthetic Bishop, and Corporal Hicks.
Read MoreBook Review: Alien: Into Charybdis by Alex White
Alien: Into Charybdis is easy to recommend to Alien fans with a strong stomach and some time on their hands to consume its heft.
Read MoreAliens: Infiltrator Book Giveaway
Discover the official prequel to the huge new Alien video game from Cold Iron Studios, as a Weyland-Yutani scientist arrives at Pala Station and finds the researchers there courting disaster… of the Xenomorph kind.
Read MoreSXSW 2021 Movie Review: Alien On Stage: Unlikely Heroes Played by Even Unlikelier Heroes
If you have even the slightest interest in prop crafting, theatre, or Alien, you owe it to yourself to give Alien On Stage a watch.
Read MoreBook Review: Alien: 40 Years 40 Artists by Various
A thoughtful, varied collection of work inspired by a sci-fi classic.
Read MoreBook Review: Aliens: Phalanx by Scott Sigler
A bold new direction for a well-worn franchise, and it works extremely well.
Read MoreAbbott & Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection Is the Pick of the Week
It is another big week for Blu-ray releases, we’ve got your scoop.
Read MoreNoir Archive Volume 1: 1944-1954 Is the Pick of the Week
A full week of classic releases and a few new ones.
Read MoreAncient Aliens: 10th Anniversary Gift Set DVD Review: A Lot Like Pro Wrestling
I still want to believe, despite the bad haircuts and lack of anything even remotely resembling the scientific process.
Read MoreBook Review: Alien: The Cold Forge by Alex White
A compelling alien tale that fits the established mold while keeping you guessing to the very end.
Read MoreThe Cloverfield Paradox Movie Review: A Surprise Sequel That Gets Lost In Orbit
Despite its unique release strategy and its committed cast that is rich in diversity, The Cloverfield Paradox is unable to escape the story’s tired machinations.
Read MoreBook Review: Aliens: Bug Hunt, Edited by Jonathan Maberry
A nice collection of napalm-spewing, acid-spraying, high-flying, skin-crawling, face-hugging critters that marines want to shoot, and The Company wants to domesticate.
Read MoreAlien: Covenant Movie Review: Ridley Scott Returns to the Bloody Basics
Although it recycles a lot from the previous films, Alien: Covenant is still a gorgeously shot, thrilling sci-fi feature.
Read MoreFive Cool Things and an Early Spring
Everyday is a new battle with sickness around here, but there’s plenty of cool things to find as well.
Read MoreBook Review: Aliens: The Set Photography by Simon Ward
Go ahead, give it a face-hug.
Read MoreTCFF 2016 Review: Lake Runs Red
A non-linear horror movie.
Read MoreBook Review: Alien Next Door by Joey Spiotto
It’s an express elevator to laughs.
Read MoreContamination (1980) Blu-ray Review: On Earth, Everyone Can Hear You Scream ‘Rip-Off!’
The cycloptic grandpappy of ALIEN clones makes its chest-bursting, worldwide High-Definition Blu-ray debut courtesy Arrow Video.
Read MoreSleeping Beauty: Diamond Edition is the Pick of the Week
I can’t wait for my little girl to grow up with me and movies.
Read MoreBook Review: Alien: Out of the Shadows by Tim Lebbon
Doesn’t take many risks or push the boundaries of established canon, but for franchise fans, it’s still worth picking up.
Read MorePrometheus (2012) Blu-ray Review: A Feast for the Senses, An Appetizer for the Mind
My deep appreciation of the film’s visual style is why I am so disappointed there are problems with the script.
Read MorePrometheus (2012) Movie Review: ‘Pings, glitch, life form.’
This is a truly gorgeous piece of science fiction, where the Engineers’ technology is similar to ours, but more organic in nature.
Read MoreMost Anticipated Films of 2012
I expect to see these in the theater.
Read MoreBook Review: Alien Vault: The Definitive Story of the Making of the Film by Ian Nathan
In space, they would hear you scream with delight.
Read MoreAlien vs. Predator Movie Review: Quickly Disintegrates into Fighting and Special Effects
Sure, all aspects of the writing were bad, but I wasn’t going to see Shakespeare’s Alien vs. Predator.
Read MoreAlien vs. Predator: Requiem DVD Review: Plays Perfectly Within the Genre
If you are in the mood to see some of the most famous sci-fi creatures battle on screen, with lots of human wreckage, see this film.
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