Aliens: How James Cameron Turned Horror Into a War Movie and Won
Zara is writing this piece because Logan and Dylan have been having an insufferable argument about whether sequels can ever match originals, with Logan claiming...
Alien Movies
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The Thing: The Paranoid Creature Feature That Critics Got Wrong
Right, I need to settle this once and for all because the ongoing argument about The Thing has been driving me absolutely mental. Max keeps...
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Predator: The Jungle Monster Movie That Accidentally Defined 80s Masculinity
Right, we need to talk about Predator. Dylan’s writing this because the team’s been having one of our regular arguments about whether John McTiernan’s 1987...
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District 9 The Alien Story That Turned Into Social Sci Fi
# District 9: The Alien Story That Turned Into Social Sci-Fi Zara is writing this because we’ve had an ongoing argument about whether science fiction...
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Attack the Block Review London Council Estate Aliens Done Right
# Attack the Block Review: London Council Estate Aliens Done Right I remember when Attack the Block first hit cinemas back in 2011 (Wikipedia), and...
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Alien The Space Horror That Set The Rules For Everything After
# Alien: The Space Horror That Set The Rules For Everything After I remember the first time I properly watched Alien. Not the sanitised television...
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The Thing Sci Fi Why It Remains a Masterpiece
Last weekend, I found myself alone in my flat at two in the morning, rewatching John Carpenter’s *The Thing* for what must be the dozenth...
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Why Mistborn’s Jump to Space Scares Me More Than Alien
I’ve been editing trailers for sci-fi films for over fifteen years, and there’s this moment that happens in every production meeting where someone pitches an...
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Why Mistborn’s Jump to Space Scares Me More Than Alien
I’ve been editing trailers for sci-fi films for over fifteen years, and there’s this moment that happens in every production meeting where someone pitches an...
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Why Hollywood’s Aliens Keep Making the Same Bad Real Estate Decisions
You know what drives me absolutely nuts after forty years in aerospace? Watching Hollywood aliens make terrible tactical decisions. I mean, here I am –...
