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Tag Archives: Alien
Review: Alien Romulus (2024)
Preamble In stark contrast to my last post, which seemed like a never-ending preamble, this one is going to be short and sweet. Suffice it to say, despite the many problems with the industry, there’s something warm and reassuring about … Continue reading
Posted in 2024, 2024 Films, Review, Reviews
Tagged Alien, Alien Romulus, blogging, Cailee Spaeny, Cinema, film, films, horror, movie, Movie review, movies, Writing
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One Great Shot: Alien Covenant (2017)
Preamble Aside from Star Wars and Dune, the Alien franchise helps me shake off the motivational blues for blog writing. Ever since I saw the series in my teen years, it has captured my imagination with its Lovecraftian undertones and … Continue reading
Posted in One Great Shot
Tagged Alien, Alien Covenant, Alien Romulus, Cinema, film, films, horror, movie, movies, Writing
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Personal Tribute: Harry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton was an actor of such marvellous raw authenticity and warm presence that to see him in a film was to wrap oneself in a blanket of reassurance. This rare quality was especially evident in his continued collaboration … Continue reading
Posted in Tributes
Tagged Alien, Brain, Brett, Carl Rodd, David Lynch, Escape from New York, Fire Walk With Me, Harry Dean Stanton, John Carpenter, The Avengers, Twin Peaks, Wild At Heart
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Review: Prometheus (2012)
In the warm and pleasant summer of 2012, I left Ridley Scott’s Prometheus with a sense of majestic confusion. The film had cast a spell of bewilderment that has been hard to untangle in the intervening years. This was in … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Films, Reviews
Tagged Alien, Android, Blade Runner, Cinema, film, films, Micheal Fassbender, Movie review, movies, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, Science Fiction, Writing
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Discussion: Under the Skin Ending (2014)
In my original review of Under the Skin, I briefly touched on the ending of the picture, remarking that the alien reveal looked more like a cyber infused Edmund Munch painting, as opposed to the usual Hollywood reveal, particularly thinking … Continue reading
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