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Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Dominique Pinon, Ron Perlman, Gary Dourdan
Genre: Sci-Fi
Studio: 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.
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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. Not as good as the first three, but I really liked the character interactions and the visual style. 3 out of 5. FYI: I actually marked this movie down from 4 stars to 3. It's a must see for those who've seen the first 3, but it's not as strong when you pull out the underpinning of the previous movies. On it's own it's a 3. When viewed as part of the whole, it rises to a 4.

Alien: Resurrection

Aliens

Director: James Cameron
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser
Genre: Sci-Fi
Studio: 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
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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.

Aliens

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
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Along Came a Spider

Director: Lee Tamahori
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter, Michael Wincott, Dylan Baker, Mika Boorem
Genre: Thriller
Studio: 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.
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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.

Altered States

Director: Ken Russell
Starring: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid, Thaao Penghlis
Genre: Drama
Studio: Release date: 1980 Rated:
Language (Country): English, French (USA)
Summary: A Harvard scientist conducts experiments on himself with a hallucinatory drug and an isolation chamber that may be causing him to regress genetically.
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My Review: Amazing, mind blowing, dramatic sci-fi based on a novel by Paddy Chayefsky. Starring William Hurt (as Eddie Jessup the Harvard Scientist). This movie explores inner-space. Eddie is engaged in mind-expansion experiments. Hallucinatory drugs, meditation and a sensory deprivation chamber. When Eddie stumbles upon a truly new combination, he finds that he's capable of experiencing the full spectrum of human evolution. This shocking movie featured some excellent special effects, made far more dramatic with the excellent music and sound effects. Highly original movie worth watching again and again. I give it a 5 out of 5.

An American Werewolf in London

Director: John Landis
Starring: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine, Lila Kaye
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Release date: 1981 Rated:
Language (Country): English (USA)
Summary: Two American tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.
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My Review: Unfortunately, my VHS copy is in very bad shape. The entire movie seems like it was shot in the dark. Despite the poor quality of my VHS copy, I still enjoyed this movie. Here's another John Landis directed movie (Director of Animal House). This time it's a humorous horror movie. Something that was fairly novel at the time. The acting was pretty good, but the character direction poor. There were plenty of laughs, and the special effects (for the time) were great. The transformation scenes were particularly graphic. The ending wasn't all that satisfying, but the middle was full of savory meats. The writing and dialog (Attacked by a Lunatic - Beware the Moon! - carnivorous lunar activities - Boys, keep off the moors, stick to the roads) were outstanding. I give it a 4 out of 5.

An American Werewolf in Paris

Director: Anthony Waller
Starring: Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy, Vince Vieluf, Phil Buckman, Julie Bowen
Genre: Horror
Studio: Release date: 1997 Rated: R
Language (Country): German, English, (USA)
Summary: An American man unwittingly gets involved with werewolves who have developed a serum allowing them to transform at will.
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The Amityville Horror

Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Starring: James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Don Stroud, Murray Hamilton
Genre: Horror
Studio: Release date: 1979 Rated:
Language (Country): English, Spanish (USA)
Summary: Newlyweds move into a house where a murder was committed, and experience strange manifestations which drive them away.
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My Review: A masterpiece of terror. This 1979 thriller is supposedly based on the 'True Story' of George Lutz and his wife Kathleen. Played by James Brolin and Margot Kidder. George and Kathleen move into their new dream home and begin settling in. Unfortunately, the house doesn't take kindly to their intrusion. In no time at all the paranormal haunting and demonic possessions start to ramp up. Even a priest is no match for the evil forces inhabitting this house. The murders that happened years ago have corrupted the very fabric of reality and this house is a nexus where evil resides. The music in this movie was fantastic. The editing, direction and pacing were perfect. The acting was very good and the spare story kept this viewer focused on the terror. The best part of the movie was the music. I give it a 4 out of 5.

Anchorman - The Legend Of Ron Burgundy

Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Universal Studios Release date: 2004 Rated: Unrated
Language (Country): English, French, (USA)
Summary: If you like silly comedy than this movie is for you.

The lines in the movie are classic and everyone in the film is hilarious.

Ron Burgundy falls in love with and has to battle with Christina Applegate. Not only does he have to worry about his love life, but he also has to worry about his dog who speaks spanish and the hatred he faces from the other news teams (Hilarious scene featuring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Luke Wilson, and Tim Robbins)

I gave the fim 4 stars. I know I can watch it whenever I feel like just laughing.

Who knew that Paul Rudd was so funny?
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My Review: Will Ferrell at his funiest.What a laugh fest. Written by Adam McKay & Will Ferrel, Directed by Adam McKay. I thought it was just going to be another one of those extended 'Saturday Night Live' skits. You know, some yucks, and a 'little' story. Well, it was much more. A LOT of laughs, and a little story. Seriously though, the story was thin at best. I could care less about 'Ron Burgundy', he was just a good reason to polk fun at the 70's, ourselves and goofy anchormen. 'Great Odin's beard' this was a funny movie. Everyone in the movie was funny. The news team fight scene was awesome. The soundtrack was great. This movie gets a 5 out of 5.

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