Tag: aliens
Friday One Sheet: ENCOUNTER
Design house B O N D's key art for Encounter (currently getting buzz on the festival circuit, before heading to cinemas and Amazon Prime in December), continues a trend I highlighted here, about this relatively recent poster trope: The Vortex....
AFTER THE LETHARGY: Get A Taste Of Marc Carrete's Upcoming Chiller
Asmodexia director Marc Carrete returned to the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival this year with a little something new for audiences craving high end scares. Presented as part of the Pitchbox program, Carrete shared a proof of concept trailer for...
Review: ALIEN: COVENANT Uses Horror to Mask Its Shortcomings
Ridley Scott returns to fill in the blanks of the maligned horrors of space, with plenty of screaming and more than enough people around to hear it in Alien: Covenant. His familiar fated take on the Alien genesis, however, sticks more...
BEYOND SKYLINE Poster Lights Up the Skies
Liam O'Donnell's follow-up to the Brothers Strause' original alien invasion film, Skyline, may not have a release date yet, but that's not stopping the publicity train from trying to drum up some buzz. The latest poster for the flick has...
Destroy All Monsters: ALIENS And The Burden Of Canon
Having now - I hope! - been convinced that Neill Blomkamp's comments last week (re: removing Alien3 and Alien Resurrection from the Alien franchise's continuity for his forthcoming Alien 5 sequel) were taken out of context or otherwise misconstrued, a...
THE VISIT: Trailer For Sundance Selected Doc Asks If We're Ready For Aliens To Arrive
Though we're still unpacking the full Sundance selection this year one of the first titles to jump out to our attention is Michael Madsen's The Visit. No, the director is not the guy from all those Tarantino films. Yes, he...
Review: HANGAR 10 Is A Found Footage Dud
I got a little excited when I heard that the producers of Creep and Severance (two good films) were involved in a new film from IFC about aliens, Hangar 10. However, that's where my interest ended. Upon watching the film, I can say...
THE DEVICE: First Trailer For Sci-Fi Thriller
We have your first look at the trailer for the sci-fi thriller The Device, written and directed by Jeremy Berg. His sophomore film will be released on DVD and digital download by RLJ/Image Entertainment on December 16. What if the rumors and...
L.A. Happenings: LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF, Masters Of The Japanese New Wave And ALIENS
Get the scoop on special and repertory screenings happening this September 13th weekend and beyond in Los Angeles. ...
7 Superior Sequels (And Some Runners-Up)
Sequels are generally maligned, and most of the time rightly so. If a movie has been financially successful you can count on the fact someone will want to start a franchise out of it, raking in more money out of...