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Displaying all articles tagged:
Alien
movie review
Nov. 22, 2024
Alien: Romulus
Gets the Job Done, But at What Cost?
It’s a movie engineered mostly to provide basic genre thrills and keep the IP alive so the now-Disney-owned Fox can generate more
Alien
movies.
By
Bilge Ebiri
sliding doors
Aug. 24, 2024
And Now, a Moment of Silence for All the
Alien
Movies That Never Got Made
Imagine the timeline in which James Cameron returned to the franchise, Joss Whedon wrote the fifth movie, or Michael Fassbender played David again.
By
Brian Tallerico
big alien stompers to fill
Aug. 16, 2024
I’m Sorry, But It’s Not an
Alien
Movie Without Ripley
Sigourney Weaver has moved on from
Alien
, but if the new legacy sequel,
Alien: Romulus
, is any indication, the franchise hasn’t moved on from her.
By
A.A. Dowd
vulture lists
Aug. 16, 2024
Alien
Movies, Ranked
The soaring highs and gruesome lows spawned by Ridley Scott’s 1979 masterpiece.
By
A.A. Dowd
movie guys
Aug. 12, 2024
Hey, Nerds, Leave James Cameron’s Remastered Image Quality Alone
“When people start reviewing your grain structure, they need to move out of mom’s basement and meet somebody.”
By
Alejandra Gularte
obits
Mar. 2, 2022
Alan Ladd Jr., Producer on 14 Best Picture Nominees, Dead at 84
He greenlit
Star Wars.
By
Bethy Squires
a long talk
Oct. 29, 2021
Tom Skerritt Has a Story to Tell
On Orson Welles, his own regrets, and what makes a heart keep beating.
By
Bilge Ebiri
corporate greed
July 4, 2021
Noah Hawley’s
Alien
TV Series Will Bring the Horror to Earth
Corporate greed causing mass carnage on Earth? Impossible.
By
Bethy Squires
r.i.p.
Mar. 16, 2021
Yaphet Kotto,
Alien
and
Live and Let Die
Star, Has Died at 81
Kotto played Lieutenant Al Giardello over the seven season run of
Homicide: Life on the Street.
By
Rebecca Alter
movie review
Aug. 14, 2020
Sputnik
Is a Thoughtful, If Modest, Russian Riff on
Alien
We’ll take it.
By
Bilge Ebiri
backstories
May 1, 2019
Alien, Resurrection
A high-school drama club goes intergalactic.
By
E. Alex Jung
alien: the play
Apr. 29, 2019
Watch
Alien
Play Staged by N.J. High School and Feel Your Chest Burst with Pride
Sigourney Weaver stopped by this weekend to introduce the show’s encore performance.
By
Halle Kiefer
lets put on a show
Mar. 28, 2019
Ridley Scott and Sigourney Weaver Loved the High-School Production of
Alien
Scott is funding an encore, and wants the drama club to do
Gladiator
next.
By
Bethy Squires
theater
Mar. 24, 2019
High School That Staged
Alien: the Play
Should Be in Charge of the Next Sequel
Meanwhile, your class is stumbling and bumbling through the
Oklahoma
dream ballet.
By
Halle Kiefer
cryptic pronouncements
Dec. 26, 2018
Alien
Franchise Teases New Video Game on Social Media
Hugging your face with exclusive content!
By
Bethy Squires
vulture lists
Jan. 31, 2018
What’s New on HBO: February 2018
This month,
Wonder Woman
is finally available to stream!
By
Joshua Rivera
May 23, 2017
Why the
Alien
Franchise Has Such a Dramatic Musical Past
Has scoring a film series ever been this difficult?
By
Tim Greiving
May 16, 2017
The Best Sex Scene of the Year Is
Alien: Covenant
’s Chest-Burst
It’s sweaty, agonizing, and very exciting.
By
Emily Yoshida
development hell
Jan. 23, 2017
Neill Blomkamp Says Chances of His
Alien
Movie Getting Made Are ‘Slim’
Alien 5
had the support of Sigourney Weaver and James Cameron.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
Nov. 30, 2016
The Shock of
Alien
’s Gruesome Chestburster Scene
The surprise affected the actors in a variety of ways.
By
Kenny Wassus
and
Kevin Lincoln
expected returns
June 20, 2016
Gotcha: Noomi Rapace Will Return for
Alien: Covenant
After All
The continuity cops can rest easy.
By
Karen Brill
covenant
Dec. 17, 2015
Katherine Waterston to Star in
Alien: Covenant
Her character’s name is Daniels.
By
Jackson McHenry
Nov. 27, 2015
Two
Prometheus
Movies to Follow
Alien: Covenant
The reason why he chose to make three new sequels?
Star Wars
, obviously.
By
Greg Cwik
alien
Nov. 16, 2015
Alien
Sequel Now Has a Synposis, Release Date
Prometheus 2,
then
Alien: Paradise Lost,
then
Alien: Covenant.
By
Jackson McHenry
sci-fi drama
Oct. 30, 2015
Neill Blomkamp:
Alien
Out,
Prometheus
In
All is fair in love and aliens.
By
Devon Ivie
sequels
Sept. 25, 2015
Prometheus 2
Will Be an
Alien
Movie
Called
Alien: Paradise Lost
.
By
Nate Jones
it’s happening again
Feb. 18, 2015
Neill Blomkamp Will Direct a New
Alien
Movie
It will take place years after
Prometheus 2
.
By
Sean Fitz-Gerald
just do it
Feb. 11, 2015
Neill Blomkamp’s
Alien
Sequel Might Be Back On
He says working with Sigourney Weaver “set off a bunch of thoughts in my head.”
By
Sean Fitz-Gerald
what could have been
Jan. 5, 2015
What Neill Blomkamp’s
Alien
Movie Would’ve Looked Like
The director shared lost concept-art on Instagram.
By
Lindsey Weber
byeee
Sept. 25, 2014
The Alien From the
Alien
Movies Is Gone Forever, Says Ridley Scott
R.I.P. Xenomorph.
By
Jesse David Fox
the power of auto-tune
July 9, 2014
Shocker! Leaked Britney Spears Vocal Isn’t Good
We’ve been through this.
By
Lindsey Weber
obits
May 13, 2014
Ebiri on
Alien
Artist H.R. Giger, 1940-2014
For all the work he did, it’s the main creature from
Alien
for which he is best known today.
By
Bilge Ebiri
re-cut trailers
Dec. 24, 2012
What If
E.T.
Was Just Terrifying?
It’s
E.T.
, just more like
Alien
.
By
Eliot Glazer
party chat
Nov. 14, 2012
Sigourney Weaver Channeled Shakespeare For
Alien
“I was such a snob, so I didn’t really want to do science fiction.”
By
Ross Kenneth Urken
rewrites
Oct. 8, 2012
Prometheus
Almost Had a Facehugger Scene
Logan Marshall-Green’s poor face.
By
Jesse David Fox
alien
July 2, 2012
Watch Kids Reenact a Scene From
Alien
We’d see it.
By
Eliot Glazer
prometheus
June 8, 2012
All Four
Alien
Movie Opening Sequences
It’s a Ridley Scott weekend!
By
Eliot Glazer
michael fassbender
Jan. 26, 2011
Michael Fassbender to Star in
Prometheus
Film will have some of ‘Alien”s DNA.
By
Julie Gerstein
exclusive
Dec. 8, 2010
Paradise
Found: Ridley Scott’s
Alien
Prequel Gets a Title, Takes Aim at Yeoh and Fassbender
It’s called ‘Paradise.’
By
Claude Brodesser-Akner
movies
Oct. 17, 2010
Sigourney Weaver, Dead or Alive
Her character died in
Avatar
, but she’s coming back for the sequel.
By
Avi Zenilman
exclusive
Oct. 12, 2010
Fox Flips for Damon Lindelof’s
Alien
Prequel Script, Wants Natalie Portman to Star
Our spies have been able to glean several interesting nuggets about the project, which is set roughly 35 years before Ridley Scott’s dystopic classic.
By
Claude Brodesser-Akner
aliens
July 28, 2010
Damon Lindelof to Maybe Write an
Alien
Prequel
Or maybe not!
By
Lane Brown
the industry
May 24, 2010
Ridley Scott to Acquire His Own 3D Company
Directing isn’t a growth industry anymore. 3D, however, is.
By
Claude Brodesser-Akner
Apr. 23, 2010
Ridley Scott’s
Alien
Prequel Will Star a Woman
There will be aliens, but they might look different.
By
Willa Paskin
the industry
July 31, 2009
Ridley Scott Boards the
Alien
Prequel
Plus: Jerry Bruckheimer gets his own ‘Transformers.’
By
Amos Barshad
quote machine
Apr. 20, 2009
Joss Whedon Has No Plans to Fall for His Leading Lady, Eliza Dushku
Plus: Henry Rollins has some out-of-the-box thoughts on how to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
By
Emma Pearse