Collection ID 344.5
Director: Michael Matessino
Starring: Nick Allder, Bolaji Badejo, Mia Bonzanigo, Bob Burns, Veronica Cartwright
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Sharpline Arts   Release date: 1999   Rated:   
Language (Country): English (USA)
Summary: Journey back to the beginning of the ALIEN phenomenon with this fascinating retrospective of the most terrifying sci-fi saga of our time. Director Ridley Scott talks about recognizing his 'alien' immediately upon seeing the sketches of H.R. Giger, the famous artist behind the nightmarish alien creature that has haunted our dreams for over twenty years. Dan O'Bannon and executive producer Ronald Shusett reveal the many challenges involved with bringing this chilling masterpiece to the screen. From film production and character development, to the elaborate costumes and the building of the alien planet and the spaceship Nostromo, this exclusive look back includes behind-the-scenes footage, outtakes and a glimpse at some of Ridley Scott's original storyboard sketches.
My Rating:
My Review: Here's a documentary included with the 4-DVD boxed set (Alien Legacy). Running 68 minutes, and filmed twenty years after the original Alien, it's an excellent behind the scenes documentary starring Ridley Scott (Director), H.R. Giger (Artist/Alien Design), Dan O'Bannon (Screenwriter) and Ronald Shusett (Executive Producer) and others. The documentary features insight and discussions on the making of the original movie, outtakes, interviews, original artwork and story board sketches. If you're a fan of the genre/series you must watch this movie. The background, production notes, character details and challenges that the staff faced in making this ground-breaking movie are gripping. A retrospective that dives deep into the movie that spawned a whole new genre - Sci-Fi, Horror like we've never seen before. I give it a 4 out of 5.

Collection ID 1076
Director: Michael Matessino
Starring: Nick Allder, Bolaji Badejo, Mia Bonzanigo, Bob Burns, Veronica Cartwright
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Sharpline Arts   Release date: 1999   Rated:   
Language (Country): English (USA)
Summary: Journey back to the beginning of the ALIEN phenomenon with this fascinating retrospective of the most terrifying sci-fi saga of our time. Director Ridley Scott talks about recognizing his 'alien' immediately upon seeing the sketches of H.R. Giger, the famous artist behind the nightmarish alien creature that has haunted our dreams for over twenty years. Dan O'Bannon and executive producer Ronald Shusett reveal the many challenges involved with bringing this chilling masterpiece to the screen. From film production and character development, to the elaborate costumes and the building of the alien planet and the spaceship Nostromo, this exclusive look back includes behind-the-scenes footage, outtakes and a glimpse at some of Ridley Scott's original storyboard sketches.
My Rating:
My Review: Here's a documentary included with the 4-DVD boxed set (Alien Legacy). Running 68 minutes, and filmed twenty years after the original Alien, it's an excellent behind the scenes documentary starring Ridley Scott (Director), H.R. Giger (Artist/Alien Design), Dan O'Bannon (Screenwriter) and Ronald Shusett (Executive Producer) and others. The documentary features insight and discussions on the making of the original movie, outtakes, interviews, original artwork and story board sketches. If you're a fan of the genre/series you must watch this movie. The background, production notes, character details and challenges that the staff faced in making this ground-breaking movie are gripping. A retrospective that dives deep into the movie that spawned a whole new genre - Sci-Fi, Horror like we've never seen before. I give it a 4 out of 5.

Collection ID 1578
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox   Release date: 2017   Rated: R   
Language (Country): English (USA, UK)
Summary: Almost eleven years after the futile and disastrous expedition on the distant moon LV-223, the deep-space colonisation vessel Covenant equipped with more than 2,000 colonists in cryogenic hibernation, sets a course for the remote planet Origae-6 with the intention to build a new world. Instead, a rogue transmission will entice the crew to a nearby habitable small planet which resembles The Earth. The unsuspecting members of Covenant will have to cope with biological foes beyond human comprehension. Ultimately, what was intended as a peaceful exploratory mission, will soon turn into a desperate rescue operation deep into the cold infinite space.
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Collection ID 305
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Dominique Pinon, Ron Perlman, Gary Dourdan
Genre: Sci-Fi
Studio: Brandywine Productions   Release date: 1997   Rated: R   
Language (Country): English, French (Not on Aliens), Musical Score (Alien only), Production Sound (Alien only) (USA)
Summary: 200 years after her death, Ellen Ripley is revived as a powerful human/Alien hybrid clone who must continue her war against the Aliens.
My Rating:
My Review: The final movie in the Alien saga. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Dominique Pinon, Ron Perlman, Gary Dourdan, Michael Wincott and others. Directed by one of my favorites - Jean-Pierre Jeunet (see Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children, Amélie, A Very Long Engagement), this movie was an excellent visual treat. The writing was somewhat limited. Simply a bug hunt on board a giant space ship. The plot is rather straight forward - As Ripley puts it "You're all gonna die". This movie focuses on entertainment in a rather hollywood style. With plenty of witty one-liners, explosions, leather clad characters, chest bursting gross out scenes, and adrenalin based pacing. The plot: Military scientists clone Ripley and surgically remove an alien. Then they start growing them - always a bad mistake... At this point, you should get the picture. I really liked the character interactions and the visual style. The Ripley character in this movie is excellent. An excellent twist on the character. You can tell that Sigourney was enjoying herself immensely while playing the Lt. Ellen Ripley clone - aka Number 8. Her performance in this movie (as with the others in the franchise) moves this movie up one notch. Without Sigourney, this movie wouldn't hold much merit, as you've already seen all the other parts (if you've seen the other movies in the series). Dan Hedaya as General Perez was a mistake. His over the top performance detracts from the movie. Winona Ryder as Annalee Call was an interesting casting choice. Matching little Winona alongside the giantess Sigourney made for some interesting dynamics, but Ryder didn't do much more than add some eye candy to the movie. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Collection ID 344
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Dominique Pinon, Ron Perlman, Gary Dourdan
Genre: Sci-Fi
Studio: Brandywine Productions   Release date: 1997   Rated: R   
Language (Country): English, French (Not on Aliens), Musical Score (Alien only), Production Sound (Alien only) (USA)
Summary: 200 years after her death, Ellen Ripley is revived as a powerful human/Alien hybrid clone who must continue her war against the Aliens.
My Rating:
My Review: The final movie in the Alien saga. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Dominique Pinon, Ron Perlman, Gary Dourdan, Michael Wincott and others. Directed by one of my favorites - Jean-Pierre Jeunet (see Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children, Amélie, A Very Long Engagement), this movie was an excellent visual treat. The writing was somewhat limited. Simply a bug hunt on board a giant space ship. The plot is rather straight forward - As Ripley puts it "You're all gonna die". This movie focuses on entertainment in a rather hollywood style. With plenty of witty one-liners, explosions, leather clad characters, chest bursting gross out scenes, and adrenalin based pacing. The plot: Military scientists clone Ripley and surgically remove an alien. Then they start growing them - always a bad mistake... At this point, you should get the picture. I really liked the character interactions and the visual style. The Ripley character in this movie is excellent. An excellent twist on the character. You can tell that Sigourney was enjoying herself immensely while playing the Lt. Ellen Ripley clone - aka Number 8. Her performance in this movie (as with the others in the franchise) moves this movie up one notch. Without Sigourney, this movie wouldn't hold much merit, as you've already seen all the other parts (if you've seen the other movies in the series). Dan Hedaya as General Perez was a mistake. His over the top performance detracts from the movie. Winona Ryder as Annalee Call was an interesting casting choice. Matching little Winona alongside the giantess Sigourney made for some interesting dynamics, but Ryder didn't do much more than add some eye candy to the movie. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Collection ID 1013
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Dominique Pinon, Ron Perlman, Gary Dourdan
Genre: Sci-Fi
Studio: Brandywine Productions   Release date: 1997   Rated: R   
Language (Country): English, French (Not on Aliens), Musical Score (Alien only), Production Sound (Alien only) (USA)
Summary: 200 years after her death, Ellen Ripley is revived as a powerful human/Alien hybrid clone who must continue her war against the Aliens.
My Rating:
My Review: The final movie in the Alien saga. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Dominique Pinon, Ron Perlman, Gary Dourdan, Michael Wincott and others. Directed by one of my favorites - Jean-Pierre Jeunet (see Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children, Amélie, A Very Long Engagement), this movie was an excellent visual treat. The writing was somewhat limited. Simply a bug hunt on board a giant space ship. The plot is rather straight forward - As Ripley puts it "You're all gonna die". This movie focuses on entertainment in a rather hollywood style. With plenty of witty one-liners, explosions, leather clad characters, chest bursting gross out scenes, and adrenalin based pacing. The plot: Military scientists clone Ripley and surgically remove an alien. Then they start growing them - always a bad mistake... At this point, you should get the picture. I really liked the character interactions and the visual style. The Ripley character in this movie is excellent. An excellent twist on the character. You can tell that Sigourney was enjoying herself immensely while playing the Lt. Ellen Ripley clone - aka Number 8. Her performance in this movie (as with the others in the franchise) moves this movie up one notch. Without Sigourney, this movie wouldn't hold much merit, as you've already seen all the other parts (if you've seen the other movies in the series). Dan Hedaya as General Perez was a mistake. His over the top performance detracts from the movie. Winona Ryder as Annalee Call was an interesting casting choice. Matching little Winona alongside the giantess Sigourney made for some interesting dynamics, but Ryder didn't do much more than add some eye candy to the movie. I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Collection ID 875
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser
Genre: Sci-Fi
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox   Release date: 1986   Rated: R   
Language (Country): English, French (Not on Aliens), Musical Score (Alien only), Production Sound (Alien only) (USA)
Summary: The planet from
My Rating:
My Review: This sequel is a wild ride of a movie. Directed by James Cameron (The Terminator (1 & 2), Titanic, True Lies, The Abyss) and starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Carrie Henn, Bill Paxton and others. I own and watched the Special Edition version (with 17+ minutes of restored footage). Here is a sequel that equals the original yet manages to do something very difficult for a sequel - something new. By switching genres - from horror to thriller, James Cameron and the other writers manage to bring us a thoroughly enjoyable sequel. The story picks up after Ripley has survived the ordeal of the first movie - If you haven't seen that movie, stop now, go watch it. It's fantastic. Moving on - So she's found drifting through space in her escape pod. After she's revived from cryostasis (57 years after her encounter with the Alien), she's persecuted by the company and stripped of her pilots license. Soon afterwards a company man shows up at her door. They've lost contact with the colonists on planet LV-426. They need her help to 'destroy' the things that she encountered. With a platoon of Colonial Marines in tow, the crew sets out on a thrilling 'bug hunt' amongst the maze-like corridors of this devastated colony. It's a journey straight into hell, with the survival of a species hinging on the outcome. Fantastic action, sound effects, perfect pacing, and spectacular effects. James Cameron does an outstanding job directing this movie, mixing in just enough humor at exactly the right times to keep this from being a sarcastically dark horror movie. The acting was excellent and I was glued to the set waiting on the outcome of this terrific action flick.

Collection ID 61
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser
Genre: Sci-Fi
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox   Release date: 1986   Rated: R   
Language (Country): English, French (Not on Aliens), Musical Score (Alien only), Production Sound (Alien only) (USA)
Summary: The planet from
My Rating:
My Review: This sequel is a wild ride of a movie. Directed by James Cameron (The Terminator (1 & 2), Titanic, True Lies, The Abyss) and starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Carrie Henn, Bill Paxton and others. I own and watched the Special Edition version (with 17+ minutes of restored footage). Here is a sequel that equals the original yet manages to do something very difficult for a sequel - something new. By switching genres - from horror to thriller, James Cameron and the other writers manage to bring us a thoroughly enjoyable sequel. The story picks up after Ripley has survived the ordeal of the first movie - If you haven't seen that movie, stop now, go watch it. It's fantastic. Moving on - So she's found drifting through space in her escape pod. After she's revived from cryostasis (57 years after her encounter with the Alien), she's persecuted by the company and stripped of her pilots license. Soon afterwards a company man shows up at her door. They've lost contact with the colonists on planet LV-426. They need her help to 'destroy' the things that she encountered. With a platoon of Colonial Marines in tow, the crew sets out on a thrilling 'bug hunt' amongst the maze-like corridors of this devastated colony. It's a journey straight into hell, with the survival of a species hinging on the outcome. Fantastic action, sound effects, perfect pacing, and spectacular effects. James Cameron does an outstanding job directing this movie, mixing in just enough humor at exactly the right times to keep this from being a sarcastically dark horror movie. The acting was excellent and I was glued to the set waiting on the outcome of this terrific action flick.

Collection ID 342
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Christopher Norcross, Jonathan Norcross
Genre: Sci-Fi
Studio: 20th Century Fox   Release date: 1986   Rated: R   
Language (Country): English, French (Not on Aliens), Musical Score (Alien only), Production Sound (Alien only) (USA)
Summary: The planet from
My Rating:
My Review: This sequel is a wild ride of a movie. Directed by James Cameron (The Terminator (1 & 2), Titanic, True Lies, The Abyss) and starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Carrie Henn, Bill Paxton and others. I own and watched the Special Edition version (with 17+ minutes of restored footage). Here is a sequel that equals the original yet manages to do something very difficult for a sequel - something new. By switching genres - from horror to thriller, James Cameron and the other writers manage to bring us a thoroughly enjoyable sequel. The story picks up after Ripley has survived the ordeal of the first movie - If you haven't seen that movie, stop now, go watch it. It's fantastic. Moving on - So she's found drifting through space in her escape pod. After she's revived from cryostasis (57 years after her encounter with the Alien), she's persecuted by the company and stripped of her pilots license. Soon afterwards a company man shows up at her door. They've lost contact with the colonists on planet LV-426. They need her help to 'destroy' the things that she encountered. With a platoon of Colonial Marines in tow, the crew sets out on a thrilling 'bug hunt' amongst the maze-like corridors of this devastated colony. It's a journey straight into hell, with the survival of a species hinging on the outcome. Fantastic action, sound effects, perfect pacing, and spectacular effects. James Cameron does an outstanding job directing this movie, mixing in just enough humor at exactly the right times to keep this from being a sarcastically dark horror movie. The acting was excellent and I was glued to the set waiting on the outcome of this terrific action flick.

Collection ID 1052
Director: Lee Tamahori
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter, Michael Wincott, Dylan Baker, Mika Boorem
Genre: Thriller
Studio: Paramount Pictures   Release date: 2001   Rated: R   
Language (Country): German, English, Czech (USA)
Summary: A congressman's daughter under Secret Service protection is kidnapped from a private school by an insider who calls Det. Alex Cross, sucking him into the case even though he's recovering from the loss of his partner.
My Rating:
My Review: A fine thriller, with some great twists. This movie moves along nicely, with some fair acting (Morgan Freeman is the lead). The best performance came from Mika Boorem (as Megan Rose) as the young spoiled kidnap victim. Morgan Freeman plays a damaged police detective. Down on his luck, trying to recover from the death of his partner. He blames himself for her death, and I was starting to blame myself for picking a standard no plot 'psycho kidnaps kid' profiler plot. But, what stats out as a standard crime drama, quickly turns into a head turning mystery, where the plot twists kept me guessing. Even after watching this movie for the fifth time, I was surprised at a couple of turns. On the down side, the acting wasn't all that good, and their wasn't much in the way of character development.