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REVIEW: Alien Resurrection (1997)

March 18, 2022 Grant Watson

200 years after her death of Fury-161 Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is cloned by the United Systems Military so that they can extract the developing Alien queen inside her chest. When the USM experiments fail, and Aliens break out across … Continue reading REVIEW: Alien Resurrection (1997)

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REVIEW: Reality Bites (1994)

March 26, 2021 Grant Watson

In the 1990s the Hollywood studios made tentatives steps towards making the ultimate “Generation X” film; something that could capture the zeitgeist of disaffected Americans in the 20s in a way that John Hughes’ popular teen dramas had captured their … Continue reading REVIEW: Reality Bites (1994)

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REVIEW: Girl, Interrupted (1999)

October 28, 2020 Grant Watson

1967 New England: high school graduate Susannah Kaysen (Winona Ryder) suffers a nervous breakdown and takes a drug overdose. Admitted into psychiatric care, she finds herself embedded in a unfamiliar environment with a group of young women – each suffering … Continue reading REVIEW: Girl, Interrupted (1999)

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REVIEW: Destination Wedding (2018)

January 2, 2020 Grant Watson

Frank (Keanu Reeves) is reluctantly attending his half-brother’s wedding in Paso Robles, California. At the airport he has an unpleasant encounter with Lindsay (Winona Ryder) – who turns out to be Frank’s brother’s ex-fiancĂ©e, and is attending the same wedding. … Continue reading REVIEW: Destination Wedding (2018)

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