‘Alien 3’ Isn’t Depressing, It’s Triumphant [Halloweenies Podcast]

Our Alien 3 coverage has been in our lives so long, we can’t remember anything else. Join co-hosts Michael Roffman, Justin Gerber, McKenzie Gerber, and Rachel Reeves as they as they finally conclude their extensive report on David Fincher’s 1992 anti-blockbuster. In the third and final episode, they marvel at the creature design, praise Ripley’s […]

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David Fincher Has Every Right to Hate ‘Alien 3’ [Halloweenies Podcast]

Feel that breeze? The dust? The grime? We’re still here in Fury 161, alright. Join co-hosts Michael Roffman, Justin Gerber, McKenzie Gerber, and Rachel Reeves as they continue their coverage of David Fincher‘s Alien 3. Together, they finish their production notes by diving into Fincher’s career pre-Alien 3 and the hell that awaited him, the […]

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‘Alien 3’ Went On an Express Elevator to Development Hell – Going Down, Down, Down [Halloweenies Podcast]

Welcome to Fury 161, where we’ve got no entertainment center, no climate control, no video system, no surveillance, no freezers, no fucking ice cream, no rubbers, no guns, but we do have the Halloweenies. And they’ve brought us very precious cargo: lots of data, plenty of smarm, and three epic recordings to log over the […]

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‘Aliens’: On Horner’s Score, Cameron’s Killer Cast, and Weaver’s Career-Defining Turn [Halloweenies Podcast]

We’re on an express elevator to hell, going down! Join co-hosts Justin Gerber, McKenzie Gerber, Dan Caffrey, and Rachel Reeves as they continue their coverage of James Cameron‘s Aliens. In the second and final episode dedicated to the 1986 all-timer of a sequel, the crew heads deeper into LV-426 as they synch up with James […]

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‘Alien’: Revisiting the Cast That Changed the Sci-Fi Genre Forever [Halloweenies Podcast]

The commercial space tug Halloweenies is scheduled for detonation, but not until they’re done discussing Ridley Scott‘s Alien. In the third and final episode dedicated to the 1979 sci-fi horror masterpiece, crewmates McKenzie Gerber, Dan Caffrey, Michael Roffman, and Rachel Reeves prepare for evac by taking inventory on its one-of-a-kind cast of blue-collar shipmates, debate […]

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‘Alien’: On Creating the Music and the Monster [Halloweenies Podcast]

The commercial space tug Halloweenies is in quarantine. After inspecting a transmission from a nearby moon, the crew returns with a perfect organism: Ridley Scott‘s Alien. In the second of three episodes dedicated to the 1979 sci-fi horror, McKenzie Gerber, Dan Caffrey, Michael Roffman, and Rachel Reeves move to the lab to study Jerry Goldsmith‘s […]

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Sigourney Weaver Says She Won’t Be Back for ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Sequel

Filming is now underway on the upcoming Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel, which will bring legacy actor Ernie Hudson back as Winston Zeddemore. One character from the original films who will not be appearing in the next sequel? Dana Barrett, played by Sigourney Weaver. Weaver tells Collider, “I wasn’t asked to be in this Ghostbusters.” “And I […]

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“That Ship Has Sailed” – Sigourney Weaver Has Said Goodbye to Playing Ellen Ripley Again

It’s now been 26 years since Sigourney Weaver last played the role of Ellen Ripley in Alien Resurrection (1997), which was of course the fourth time Weaver’s Ripley battled Xenomorphs up on the big screen. Legacy sequels are all the rage for popular franchises at the moment, but will we ever see Sigourney Weaver as […]

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‘The Gorge’ – Sigourney Weaver Joins the Cast of Scott Derrickson’s New Movie

Up next from Sinister, The Black Phone and Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson is The Gorge for Skydance, and Deadline reports that Sigourney Weaver has signed on. The film’s stellar cast also includes Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch, The Northman, Last Night in Soho, The Menu) and Miles Teller (Top Gun: Maverick) at this time. The Gorge is said to be an action love story with “genre-bending” […]

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‘Alien: Resurrection’ at 25: The Underwater Chase Sequence Remains a Franchise Highlight [Scene Screams]

The deaths of Newt, Corporal Dwayne Hicks, and Ellen Ripley in 1992’s Alien 3 created a significant obstacle to the franchise’s continuation. Five years later, Alien: Resurrection answered this problem by resurrecting central heroine Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) as a clone, spliced with xenomorph DNA thanks to the alien queen embryo gestating within the actual Ripley before her death. How Resurrection handled […]

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More Details Revealed For Upcoming Augmented Reality Game ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife ScARe’

We’ve already told you a bit about Imprezario Entertainment’s upcoming AR mobile game Ghostbusters: Afterlife ScARe, which releases later this week for Android and iOS devices on the same day as Ghostbusters: Afterlife hits theatres. Imprezario has now revealed more info about the game, which will be split up across multiple episodes. The first two episodes […]

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Bust Ghosts With Your Phone in AR Mobile Game ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife ScARe’

Back in July, Sony had released a browser-based minigame for us to whittle away the afternoon in preparation for Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Well, Sony is at it again, though this time it’s an Augmented Reality-based game with Imprezario’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife ScARe, which is being released for Android and iOS devices on November 19th. The AR experience […]

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Sigourney Weaver Believes ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Will “Surprise Everybody”

Ghostbusters: Afterlife will begin haunting theaters on November 19, 2021, and the first wave of rave reviews from movie critics suggest we’re all in for a treat later this year. Critic Scott Menzel tweeted, “Ghostbusters: Afterlife is the Ghostbusters sequel that I’ve been waiting all my life to see. It is nostalgia done right. A perfect blend of classic Ghostbusters […]

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‘Cleanin’ Up the Town’: Extended Version of Definitive ‘Ghostbusters’ Documentary Blasts Into Theaters and VOD This October [Trailer]

Screen Media announced today they’ll be bringing an extended version of the definitive Ghostbusters doc, Cleanin’ Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters, to theaters and VOD platforms this October. The documentary recounts the story behind the cult 1984 comedy that starred Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver and Ivan Reitman. Anthony Bueno directs the feature doc, […]

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Bust Some Ghosts of Your Own With The Browser-Based ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Minigame

With Sony finally getting the buzz going once again for Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the marketing team has gone to work for those of us who like to play a little while we wait for the film (and our morning coffee). While we don’t have any mobile game movie tie-ins at the moment, over at the official […]

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