ALIEN: ROMULUS *** U.K. / U.S.A. / Hungary / Australia / New Zealand / Canada 2024 Dir: Fede Álvarez. 119 mins Fans of the Alien franchise can generally agree that Prometheus and Alien: Covenant were both low points for the series, which is why Disney and 20th Century Studios went in a different direction…
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‘A potent combination of what scares us in our imaginations and what should scare us in the world outside…’ Rolling Stone ‘Takes a dark chapter in world history and gives it both a humanising and ghostly touch’ RogerEbert.com ‘Anthology drama returns with a new and very different tale……
MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN **** USA 2019 Dir: Alexandre O. Philippe. 95 mins Writer-director Alexandre O. Philippe’s feature documentary career has often nodded to the horror and sci-fi genres and their fanbase, notably with EARTHLINGS: UGLY BAGS OF MOSTLY WATER, DOC OF THE DEAD and 78/52. As with the…
The iconic scenes and sequences from seminal sci-fi horror ALIEN are firmly embedded in film history and popular culture: the creepy eggs and HR Giger designed spacecraft on a long dead planet; the pivotal facehugger attaching itself to one of the crew of the Nostromo; the shocking chest-bursting sequence and…
In space no one can hear you scream. The terrifying sci-fi adventure, ALIEN, celebrates 40 years with an all-new 4K Ultra HD™ master, available this April as well as a limited edition 4K UHD™ SteelBook® of ALIEN 40th Anniversary Edition available exclusively at Zavvi. In the film that birthed the…