Alien (1979)
DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott CAST: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Ian Holm, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt REVIEW: In some ways, Alien could be seen as moving the...
View ArticleAliens (1986)
DIRECTOR: James Cameron CAST: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein, William Hope, Mark Rolston, Al Matthews REVIEW: Aliens, along...
View ArticleAlien 3 (1992)
DIRECTOR: David Fincher CAST: Sigourney Weaver, Charles Dance, Charles S. Dutton, Brian Glover, Ralph Brown, Pete Postlethwaite, Lance Henriksen REVIEW: The phrase ‘third time’s the charm’ doesn’t ring...
View ArticleAlien Resurrection (1997)
DIRECTOR: Jean-Pierre Jeunet CAST: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Michael Wincott, Dominique Pinon, Gary Dourdan, Dan Hedaya, J.E. Freeman, Brad Dourif, Leland Orser, Kim Flowers REVIEW:...
View Article28 Days Later (2003)
DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle CAST: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns, Christopher Eccleston, Noah Huntley REVIEW: Hailed as one of the most frightening movies ever made, 28 Days...
View ArticleThe Silence of the Lambs (1991)
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Demme CAST: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald, Diane Baker, Chris Isaak, Charles Napier, Daniel von Bargen REVIEW: Few cinematic villains are a...
View ArticlePrometheus (2012)
DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott CAST: Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Logan Marshall-Green, Rafe Spall, Sean Harris, Benedict Wong, Patrick Wilson REVIEW: WARNING:...
View ArticleWorld War Z (2013)
DIRECTOR: Marc Forster CAST: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale, David Andrews, Fana Mokoena, Ludi Boeken, Pierfrancesco Favino, Peter Capaldi, David Morse REVIEW: Fans of Max...
View Article28 Weeks Later (2007)
DIRECTOR: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo CAST: Robert Carlyle, Catherine McCormack, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Mackintosh Muggleton, Imogen Poots, Harold Perrineau, Idris Elba REVIEW: WARNING: THIS REVIEW...
View ArticleLife (2017)
DIRECTOR: Daniel Espinosa CAST: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Hiroyuki Sanda, Ariyon Bakare, Olga Dihovichnaya REVIEW: WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS “SPOILERS” Among the various...
View ArticleAlien: Covenant (2017)
DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott CAST: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Danny McBride, Billy Crudup REVIEW: In 2012, Ridley Scott returned to the universe of his 1979 sci-fi horror classic Alien with the...
View Article30 Days of Night (2007)
DIRECTOR: David Slade CAST: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster, Mark Boone Junior REVIEW: 30 Days of Night, adapted from the graphic novel by Steve Niles (who also co-wrote the...
View ArticleIt (2017)
DIRECTOR: Andy Muschietti CAST: Jaeden Lieberher, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Chosen Jacobs, Bill Skarsgard, Nicholas Hamilton REVIEW: The big...
View ArticleA Quiet Place (2018)
DIRECTOR: John Krasinski CAST: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe REVIEW: A Quiet Place, from writer/director/co-star John Krasinski (whose screenplay is a rewrite of a script...
View ArticleHalloween (2018)
DIRECTOR: David Gordon Green CAST: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Haluk Bilginer, Jefferson Hall, Rhian Rees REVIEW: As thoroughly played-out and past its expiration date as...
View ArticleDon’t Breathe (2016)
DIRECTOR: Fede Alvarez CAST: Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto, Stephen Lang REVIEW: Don’t Breathe is a slight but compulsively watchable little “boxed-in” thriller (featuring characters...
View ArticleIt: Chapter Two (2019)
DIRECTOR: Andy Muschietti CAST: James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Isaiah Mustafa, Andy Bean, Jaeden Martell, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Jack Dylan Grazer, Jeremy...
View ArticleDoctor Sleep (2019)
DIRECTOR: Mike Flanagan CAST: Ewan McGregor, Kyliegh Curran, Rebecca Ferguson, Cliff Curtis REVIEW: Thirty-six years after publishing The Shining, Stephen King published a follow-up, Doctor Sleep,...
View ArticlePrometheus (2012)
DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott CAST: Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Logan Marshall-Green, Rafe Spall, Sean Harris, Benedict Wong, Patrick Wilson REVIEW: WARNING:...
View ArticleWorld War Z (2013)
DIRECTOR: Marc Forster CAST: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale, David Andrews, Fana Mokoena, Ludi Boeken, Pierfrancesco Favino, Peter Capaldi, David Morse REVIEW: Fans of Max...
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