Starring: Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Plot:
But is it any good?
It’s a bit weird that I’ve already reviewed the sequel (which was at #85) and I basically summarised my feelings then about the first three films in the Alien…heptology, is it now?
While I still prefer the sequel Aliens, Alien was a […]
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Starring: a menacing Jack Nicholson, a sobbing Shelley Duvall and a little boy with a lot to deal with for his age (Danny Lloyd)
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Plot: Jack Torrence takes a job as caretaker of the isolated Overlook hotel over winter with his wife and young son, who Sees Dead People. It’s a wonderful […]
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Starring: A great big mechanical shark, some red paint and some fake limbs. Plus Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Sheider and Robert Shaw
Directed by: Steven Spielberg, who was quite a young ‘un at the time
Plot: An American seaside town is harassed by a big shark that can play scary music every time it kills someone.
But is […]
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Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Bill Paxton, Paul Reiser, Carrie Henn
Directed by: James Cameron (he of the big ship)
Plot: The only survivor of the Nostromo, Ellen Ripley is discovered in deep sleep over half a century later by a salvage ship. When she is taken back to Earth, she learns that a human colony was founded […]
