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The franchise's fourth outing
Taking its cues from several classic 1950s sci-fi films, Alien Trespass is a deeply affectionate homage to the era when every kid on the block knew what "Klaatu borada nikto" meant.
An asinine grudge match between two of the most memorable Eighties-era screen bugaboos
Alienoid (2022, 142 min., NR)
Time-travelling SF wire fu thriller is as overpacked as it sounds
A group of kids save their vacation home from extraterrestrials while keeping their clueless elders out of the loop.
Apocalyptic monster mash makes big crash.
Alien³ (1992, 115 min., R)
Weaver's Lt. Ripley and H.R. Giger's brainchild face off in Fincher's beautifully shot sequel that goes nowhere.
Aline (2022, 126 min., PG-13)
Bizarre not-quite-a-biopic of Céline Dion
The manga heroine comes to motion capture life
Alive (1993, 127 min., R)
I can remember reading the novel Alive when I was much younger and having, not nightmares per se, but more like uneasy dreams for some time after. Frank Marshall's film version of the story deftly manages ...
Alive (2020, 91 min., NR)
Grisly horror where the doctor is in (and out to lunch)
Medical science seems well on its way to turning the AIDS-haunted gay romance genre into a dated curiosity. But even if, as we all pray, the white smocks succeed in their mission, a handful of these ...
All About My Mother merges all of Almodóvar's noted preoccupations with women on the verge of nervous breakdowns, screwball melodramas, and flamboyant visual touches with a cohesive – and universal – story about the faces and roles we all adopt in public.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead excels as a comic in freefall
Sandra Bullock plays it kooky in this romantic comedy in which she stalks a CNN cameraman (Bradley Cooper) with whom she's smitten.
The ESPN SportsCenterization of action cinema continues apace with All About the Benjamins. My point: Modern actioners increasingly resemble sports highlights shows in their pandering to the Phallo-American community's love of spectacular payoff moments and wise-ass ...
Keep ya head up but don't expect too much from this biopic
Blind Melon singer's home movies give you less insight than you'd think
A blind woman who regains her sight starts to see things differently
Call this one Miracle on 12th Street. No it's not precisely the same story as the 34th Street model (or even one-third the story), but it borrows much of the same whimsy, grit and Christmas sentiment ...
All Is Lost (2013, 106 min., PG-13)
In this near-wordless film, Robert Redford is compulsively watchable as a man trying to save himself from his sinking ship.
All Is True (2019, 101 min., PG-13)
"Who is it that can tell me who I am?" Not this Shakespeare biopic.
Chilling and insightful look at the birth of our surveillance culture
College reunion comedy takes a dark turn
All My Life (2020, 91 min., PG-13)
True-life cancer romance is tepid chicken soup for the soul
A father searches for his daughter with the help of her ex-boyfriend
Claude (Folland) is the sort of teenage girl who goes by Claude instead of Claudia: a big, sturdy girl with beautiful red hair, a wardrobe full of loose-fitting clothes, and the desire to start a rock ...
Like most freakish accidents, falling in love is sometimes just a matter of good timing. In the romantic comedy All Over the Guy, the physical and emotional attraction between one couple is instantaneous, while the relationship ...
Shocking, graphic, and mournful adaption of the World War I epic
All Saints (2017, 108 min., PG)
Planting seeds to save a church