Category: Sci-Fi Movies

Prometheus Movie Review

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Rating: 3/5 Classification: M Year of release: 2012 Run-time: 2 hrs 4 mins Director: Ridley Scott Cast: Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron Genre: Sci-Fi This review contains spoilers Prometheus marks director Ridley Scott’s return to the Alien franchise released 33 years after the first Alien movie, however there is no Ellen Ripley this time around as this is an Alien prequel. Prometheus is set in the year 2093 and is about archaeologists Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and… Continue reading

Alien: Resurrection Movie Review

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Rating: 1.5/5 Classification: MA15+ Year of release: 1997 Run-time: (Theatrical cut) 1 hr 49 mins (Special Edition) 1 hr 56 mins Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Dominique Pinon, Ron Perlman Genre: Sci-Fi This review contains spoilers Alien Resurrection takes place two centuries after the end of the third film; scientists are able to revive Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) through a cloning process, and because Ripley had an alien embryo growing inside her when she died, it gets… Continue reading

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 Movie Review

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Rating: 3.5/5 Classification: M Year of release: 2017 Run-time: 2 hrs 16 mins Director: James Gunn Cast: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel Genre: Action, Sci-Fi Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 is the fifteenth movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and continues the story of the characters who you know and love Peter Quill/Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Drax (Dave Bautista), Rocket (Bradley Cooper) and Groot (Vin Diesel) who is a baby in this film. The… Continue reading

Alien 3 Movie Review

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Rating: 2.5/5 Classification: MA15+ Year of release: 1992 Run-time: (Theatrical cut) 1 hr 54 mins (Assembly cut) 2 hrs 25 mins Director: David Fincher Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror This review contains spoilers Alien 3 begins when Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) leaves the planet LV-426 after the events of the previous movie, crash lands in an escape pod on maximum security prison called Fiorina Fury 161, Newt, Hicks, and the android Bishop… Continue reading

Aliens Movie Review

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Rating: 5/5 Classification: M Year of release: 1986 Run-time: (Theatrical cut) 2 hrs 17 mins (Director’s cut) 2 hrs 34 mins Director: James Cameron Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn, Paul Reiser Genre: Sci-Fi, Action This review contains spoilers Aliens (1986) is the sequel to Alien (1979) and is about Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) the only survivor of the Nostromo crew (unless you count Jones the cat) from the first movie has finally been found and has slept in… Continue reading

Alien Movie Review

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Rating: 5/5 Classification: M Year of release: 1979 Run-time: (Theatrical cut) 1 hr 57 mins (Director’s cut) 1 hr 56 mins Director: Ridley Scott Cast: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror This review contains spoilers In space no one can hear you scream. Alien is about a crew on a space ship called the Nostromo are getting ready to head back to Earth when the crew receives a call from a planet called LV-426, it… Continue reading