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.
SXSW Review: ‘Song to Song’ Comes Off As One Note
Terrence Malick is not known for playing it safe. His avant-garde style has been a dichotomizing force among film critics for over a decade. He marches to the beat of his own drum, but recently that beat has been repetitive…
Movie Review: Trespass Against Us
Adam Smith’s Trespass Against Us is the Parenthood of crime movies. It’s a story about how to raise a family in a unit so unstable that one false move could tear it apart. This certainly isn’t unfamiliar territory, but when…
Movie Review: Assassin’s Creed
Now that comic book movies have perfected their formula, there is one question that remains: will video game movies finally have their chance? We’ve had “so bad that it’s good” movies, such as Mortal Combat, but nothing that has genuine…
Assassin’s Creed Event: The Day I Became an Assassin
Last Friday, I had the privilege to go up to the Tempest Freerunning Academy to participate in a special event for Assassin’s Creed. During the day, we got to learn some basic parkour and screen fighting techniques that are used…
The Second Trailer and Poster for Assassin’s Creed Sneaks Out
20th Century Fox has finally released a new trailer and poster for Assassin’s Creed, the upcoming film based on the popular Ubisoft game franchise of the same name today. Like those games, the movie is set to feature a story…