Alien³ is so much better than David Fincher and its reputation insists
Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases or premieres, or occasionally our own inscrutable…
James Cameron’s Story Of Science Fiction is a solid, albeit navel-gazing, primer
When AMC announced its new pop culture docuseries, Visionaries, at the Television Critics Association 2017 summer press…
Ang Lee's The Ice Storm is a portrait of an America caught out in the cold
Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases or premieres, or occasionally our own inscrutable…
The Defenders showdown falls just short of being super
In the long-awaited superhero gathering of The Defenders, Marvel’s playing catchup in more ways than one. First, the…
Sigourney Weaver fights off an alien invasion in Neill Blomkamp’s new short film
Back in May, District 9 director Neill Blomkamp announced an experimental short film project through his Oats Studios…
Alexandra
Who she is: Alexandra, a mysterious woman with some kind of evil scheme. Also, that might not be her real name.
Alien originally had a much darker ending
While preparing for the premiere of the latest film in the Alien franchise, Ridley Scott was recently asked to look…
Sigourney Weaver says Avatar 2 will begin filming this fall
Avatar fans settled in for a long wait after James Cameron announced the first of the four planned sequels wouldn’t hit…
Walter Hill’s The Assignment is a pulp fairy tale without a clue
There are three things worth knowing about Walter Hill’s wacky pulp exercise The Assignment. The first is that the…
Fairy tales and family tragedy converge in the kid-friendly melodrama A Monster Calls
The family melodrama A Monster Calls alternately conforms to expectations and defies them, which is probably why it’s…
These images of Sigourney Weaver and the Alien cat will make your heart burst out of your chest
Jones, the big ol’ ginger cat from Alien and Aliens, is one of the great film cats. He is large, sedate, curious, and…
Sigourney Weaver joins The Defenders as a villain at New York Comic Con
At the outset of the New York Comic Con panel for the upcoming Iron Fist series, Marvel’s Jeph Loeb encouraged guests…
Aliens is nothing like Alien—and all the better for it
Alien is not an action movie. You probably already knew this. It’s also only barely a sci-fi movie. Instead, Ridley…
A Monster Calls picks up new Christmas weekend release
You’d think a J.A. Bayona film titled A Monster Calls, which stars Felicity Jones, Sigourney Weaver, and (the voice of)…
New trailer for A Monster Calls offers more tree-monster backstory
A new trailer for A Monster Calls dropped, and it features more tree-monster action, more Liam Neeson growling, and…
Aliens to celebrate its 30th anniversary with James Cameron at Comic-Con
In honor of the 30th anniversary of James Cameron’s Aliens on July 18, the San Diego Comic-Con will hold a special…
Chicago, see a special anniversary screening of the original Ghostbusters
The premiere date of the Ghostbusters reboot (Sequel? Spin-off? Cinematic universe extension?) is fast approaching, but…
The new A Monster Calls trailer gives viewers a lot more tree monster
The original teaser for A Monster Calls released last year was heavy on atmosphere, but pretty light on tree monsters.…
Liam Neeson is even growlier than usual in the A Monster Calls teaser
Ever wish you would be ripped out of your bedroom in the grip of a giant monster? Yeah, neither have we, but then,…