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The U.S box office bags lowest Memorial Day weekend since 1999

May 30, 2017 by Samuel Brace

The U.S box office has witnessed its lowest Memorial Day weekend since way back in 1999. The four day weekend is usually a good time for box office receipts with families in the U.S looking to take a trip to their local theaters. But this hasn’t been the case in 2017 as this year’s films […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Alien: Covenant, Baywatch, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Star Wars: The Last Jedi images, The Flash script update, Justice League Dark loses another director and more – Daily News Roundup

May 25, 2017 by Luke Owen

THE LAST JEDI, THE FIRST IMAGES The title of the movie might be Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but we’ve now got our first official look at the cast via Vanity Fair. Included in the images are our first look at Laura Dern’s Vice Admiral Holdo and Benicio Del Toro’s ‘shady character’, who is apparently unnamed […]

Filed Under: Daily News Roundup, Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien: Covenant, DC, DC Extended Universe, Deadpool 2, Jack Kesy, Justice League Dark, Marvel, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Flash, Top Gun 2, Wonder Woman, X-Men

The Rise of the Stupid Smart Character, or Why Helmets Matter

May 23, 2017 by Henry Bevan

Henry Bevan on the rise of the stupid smart character… If you’ve been browsing this website over the last couple of days you will have noticed there has been a lot of Alien: Covenant content. We’ve published not one, not two but three reviews. We’ve written letters to David Fincher, we’ve talked about Ridley Scott, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Henry Bevan, Movies Tagged With: Alien: Covenant, Prometheus

Tom Hardy is Venom, Resident Evil reboot, Terminator 6 in development and more – Weekend News Roundup

May 22, 2017 by Luke Owen

HARDY VENOM Announced back in March, Sony are pushing forward with their R-rated Venom spin-off movie by revealing that Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises) will be putting on the symbiote suit with Ruben Flischer (Zombieland) directing. The movie goes into production this Fall, and will not be a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Daily News Roundup, Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien: Covenant, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cyborg, David Ayer, DC, DC Extended Universe, George A. Romero, halloween, James Cameron, Marvel, Ray Fisher, Resident Evil, Road of the Dead, Scarface, Terminator, Tom Hardy, Venom

3 Reasons Why Alien: Covenant is the Best in the Franchise Since Aliens

May 20, 2017 by Samuel Brace

Samuel Brace argues that Alien: Covenant is the best instalment in the franchise since Aliens… Alien: Covenant has been called a return to form for Ridley Scott’s much famed Alien franchise after many were lukewarm on 2012’s Prometheus. This writer was actually quite fond of that film, and so was particularly pleased with how much […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Alien, Alien: Covenant, Aliens, Prometheus, Ridley Scott

Is the Alien franchise exhausted?

May 19, 2017 by Anghus Houvouras

Anghus Houvouras on whether the Alien franchise is exhausted… Is the reason almost every Alien movie since the original has been, at best, a mixed bag because the premise has been exhausted? I thought about this the other day as I watched a slew of Alien: Covenant reviews pour in. Like Prometheus, it seems to […]

Filed Under: Anghus Houvouras, Articles and Opinions, Movies Tagged With: Alien, Alien 3, Alien: Covenant, Aliens, James Cameron, Prometheus, Ridley Scott

We Need To Talk About Ridley: The essential problem with the new Alien movie

May 18, 2017 by Sean Wilson

Is it best when Ridley Scott is tethered to a well-constructed source? On the basis of his new Alien movie, Sean Wilson thinks this could well be the case… There’s a lot to admire about Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scott’s gore-strewn return to the sci-fi horror franchise he kickstarted back in 1979. As a piece of […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Sean Wilson Tagged With: Alien, Alien: Covenant, Blade Runner, Michael Fassbender, Ridley Scott, The Martian

Dear David Fincher, Please Return to the Alien Franchise

May 16, 2017 by Henry Bevan

Henry Bevan with an open letter to David Fincher… Dear David, I’m going to jump right into it: you should consider lobbying to direct the next Alien movie, whatever it may be. Don’t stop reading! I know your last experience of the franchise on Alien 3 was a clusterfuck and you felt your career was being […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Henry Bevan, Movies Tagged With: Alien, Alien 3, Alien: Covenant, Aliens, David Fincher

Alien: Covenant blasts off with $42 million international opening

May 15, 2017 by Gary Collinson

20th Century Fox unleashed Ridley Scott’s latest sci-fi horror Alien: Covenant in 34 international markets this past weekend ahead of its U.S. debut this coming Friday, with the film grossing $42 million across the Friday to Sunday period. The Prometheus sequel took top spot in 19 markets, but placed second overall at the international box office behind […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien, Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scott

Movie Review – Alien: Covenant (2017)

May 14, 2017 by Helen Murdoch

Alien: Covenant, 2017. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Carmen Ejogo, Demian Bichir, Jussie Smollet, Cassie Hernandez, Amy Seimetz, Nathaniel Dean, Alexander England, Benjamin Rigby, Uli Latukefu and Tess Haubrich. SYNOPSIS: The crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, discover an uncharted paradise with a […]

Filed Under: Helen Murdoch, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Alexander England, Alien: Covenant, Amy Seimetz, Benjamin Rigby, billy crudup, Carmen Ejogo, cassie hernandez, Danny McBride, Demian Bichir, Jussie Smollett, Katherine Waterston, Michael Fassbender, nathaniel dean, Ridley Scott, Tess Haubrich, Uli Latukefu

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