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Streaming Sleepers: Fede Álvarez’s ALIEN: ROMULUS Plants A Seed For Franchise Vitality

I don’t typically do horror, but I love a good, intense, well-made thriller in the various subsets of the genre. In particular, I love what Fede Álvarez accomplished with Alien: Romulus, which is currently streaming on Hulu. Cailee Spaeny was incredible in the front-and-center role of action heroine Rain Carradine, who along with adopted brother and Weyland-Yutani android, Andy, played by David Jonsson, pair up with a ragtag group of survivors to leave their unyielding work colony on LV-410 and head for the serene planet Yvaga. What they don’t know is that the abandoned station for which they’ve just commandeered is full of hibernating xenomorphs eager to do what they do best: Hunt and breed, using humans as incubators to kill and consume anything living or breathing, and in their way. I haven’t seen Prometheus or Alien: Covenant, so those are on my watchlist to take in at some point […]

ALIEN: ROMULUS Official Trailer Unloads With A Serious Chestful

Lee B. Golden III

Twentieth Century Studios has finally unveiled the official trailer for Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus. A franchise revival coming to theaters August 16, the film stars Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu, with a script by Alvarez and by Rodo Sayagues. While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe. The trailer below looks fresh and inviting. It starts about as gruesome as you might expect but without giving away the goods, all before touting Alvarez’s work. The rest of it is pure cake with epic spectacle and intensity, building all the way up to a sweet little Alien roar up-close and personal. This one’s for the fans, clearly. Take a look!

The New IMAX Trailer For PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING Is Gonna Need A Bigger Jaeger…

Lee B. Golden III

Anyone who has doubts about director Steven DeKnight’s ability to channel the aesthetic and genuine awesomeness of Guillermo Del Toro’s Pacific Rim need not be worried and weary, at least for now. At best, these trailers for Pacific Rim: Uprising are all but selling themselves at this point and fans staking their claim via IMAX next month are sure to endulge this one something fierce. John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) stars as the rebellious Jake Pentecost, a once-promising Jaeger pilot whose legendary father gave his life to secure humanity’s victory against the monstrous “Kaiju.” Jake has since abandoned his training only to become caught up in a criminal underworld. But when an even more unstoppable threat is unleashed to tear through our cities and bring the world to its knees, he is given one last chance to live up to his father’s legacy by his estranged sister, Mako […]