Alien: Romulus (Fede Alvarez, 2024)
Alien: Romulus is the ‘aggressively fine’ new entry in the Alien franchise. The Fede Alvarez movie works hard to deliver the goods, but mimicking the first movie isn’t enough to make lightning strike twice.
That’s not to say I hated it. I actually enjoyed the first 90 minutes, but then in the last half hour it both outstays its welcome and made it pretty…
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