Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus hits cinemas at a precarious time. On the one hand, the 20th Century Studios’ film is at a feverish high from fans whose expectations from the film series’ seventh entry in the 45-year-old franchise is equally as high, especially with the tepid reactions to producer Ridley Scott’s previous two films, Prometheus [...]
There seems to be an inverse relationship between the quality of a film and the length of its title. "The Girl in the Spider's Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story" is no exception. The story is a follow-up to Stieg Larsson's "Millenium" trilogy, which is more commonly referred to as the "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" [...]
A strange mix of brilliance and annoyances, “Don’t Breathe” crafts an extremely tense scenario but somewhat fumbles its execution. Writer/Director Fede Alvarez rocked horror fans and critics with his first feature film, 2013’s remake of Evil Dead. He took the beloved horror flick, ratcheted everything up to eleven, and somehow managed to craft something new [...]
