It may not always be apparent at the time, but film’s tend to be a product of the time period they are made in. Watching an older film, you can usually tell what was happening socially or politically at the…
Movies and Video Games: The Two Sides of the Story
Movies and video games have had a relatively close relationship for ages – one that was seldom too successful, though, but that’s a story for another time. Movie franchises often try to expand into the world of gaming, with more…
Directors of Cinema- Episode 19: Ridley Scott
Welcome back and thank you for sticking around as this marks the long awaited return of Directors of Cinema, the podcast that highlights the careers of cinema’s most prominent directors. Each week, host Matthew Goudreau and a guest discuss selected works of…
Movie Review: Alien Covenant
There are effectively three films inside of Alien: Covenant, and each appeal to someone in it’s audience: A spiritual successor to Alien, a sequel to Prometheus, and a basic contemporary sci-fi horror movie. Each piece is successful on it’s own,…
8 Things You Didn’t Know About the ALIEN Series
I got some things to share with you about a particularly favorite movie series of mine, Alien. Specifically, 8 things. More specifically, 8 things you may or may not have know about the production of Alien, from the 1979 original to Alien Covenant, and if you did, congrats you’re just as much as , if not more of a fan, than me.
Much like other science fiction franchise movie series’, I have a love hate relationship with Alien. What is amazing, is truly just that. The stuff that isn’t, turns the series into campy schlock. But at the end of the day, it’s enjoyable schlock.I also like that, whether the results are good or bad, the Alien franchise isn’t strictly horror.
Movie Review: Life
There are some sci-fi movies that become pillars of the genre due to their uniqueness and quality. These are films like Alien that manage to both amaze you and scare the hell out of you in the same breath. When…
New ‘Alien: Covenant’ Trailer Released
Hype keeps building for Ridley Scott’s latest entry in his beloved Alien franchise, and now the world can see the official return of his spooky space monsters. The second official trailer for Alien: Covenant hit the web on Tuesday and gives a more detailed…