Posts Tagged ‘Aliens’
Film Review – M3GAN 2.0
M3GAN (2022) was a surprise hit for several reasons. It combined a tried and true horror trope – inanimate toys/dolls coming to life as killer beings – and a growing apprehension over the development of A.I. The result was a fun and entertaining horror film, capped…
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Film Review – Alien: Romulus
My brain is still processing the IMAX screening of Alien: Romulus (2024). Wholeheartedly, I never thought I would like it, much less be on the verge of loving it. The original Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986) are not my cup of tea. The stories are…
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Film Review – Atlas
Atlas (2024) is a massive misfire in almost every conceivable fashion. It’s a sci-fi actioner that fails to excite, provoke, or entertain. To say that it underwhelms in nearly all phases of execution would be an understatement. Worst of all, it wastes the talent of Jennifer Lopez.…
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An Appreciation – Alien
In space no one can hear you scream It continues to amaze me how the first act of Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979) is so…quiet. Very little happens in the opening scenes, and yet even now, they induce an unsettling feeling. Maybe because we know what…
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An Analysis – James Cameron’s Titanic Successes
It doesn’t seem that long ago that James Cameron released his behemoth Titanic (1997) upon the unsuspecting public. I say unsuspecting not because he wasn’t well recognized—quite the contrary. At that time, Cameron was one of the world’s most popular genre directors, having a string…
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It Is What It Is: Part Three – Narrative and Originality in Predators
Predator is one of the best action films ever made. It’s got Schwarzenegger in his prime, a young and ambitious John McTeirnan at the helm, Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura and a seven-foot invisible monster. Boy, they don’t make them like that anymore… Firstly, you should…
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The Tomb of Terror: Near Dark (1987)
Every Saturday night The Tomb of Terror opens, unleashing reviews of the obscure and the classic in horror cinema. Vampires have been a mainstay of horror ever since Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula popularized them in 1897. Every few years we see an influx of films…
READ MORETop Horror Films – #14 – Aliens
Aliens 1986; directed by James Cameron; screenplay by James Cameron from a story by Walter Hill, David Giler, and James Cameron John: Glad to see others here thought of this as a horror film, I struggled the most over whether or not to include this…
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