Tag: Prometheus

“You don’t like me cookin’?”: Queer Struggle(s), Othered Bodies, & Work in THE LIGHTHOUSE

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Fantasy, Film, Folklore, Greek Mythology, Horror, Mystery, Robert Eggers, Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe4 Comments

“Nothing good happens when two men are trapped in a giant phallus” — director Robert Eggers

Stranger Things— Season 3: “Chapter Five – The Flayed”

On By C.H. NewellIn David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Horror, Millie Bobby Brown, Netflix, Noah Schnapp, Sci-Fi, Season 3, Stranger Things, Winona RyderLeave a comment

Nancy, Jonathan, and the kids join forces while Chief Hopper and Joyce flee the big Russian.

Miltonic Creation & Destruction in ALIEN: COVENANT

On By C.H. NewellIn Billy Crudup, Demián Bichir, Film, Horror, John Milton, Katherine Waterston, Michael Fassbender, Ridley Scott, Sci-FiLeave a comment

Ridley Scott's continuation of the Alien franchise explores the act of creation, drawing major parallels to John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost.

Ridley Scott’s Alien: Gorgeously Horrific Isolation

On By C.H. NewellIn 1979, Film, Horror, John Hurt, Outer Space, Science Fiction, Sigourney Weaver, Survival Horror, Tom SkerrittLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ5lPt9edzQ Alien. 1979. Directed by Ridley Scott. Screenplay by Dan O'Bannon; story by O'Bannon & Ronald Shusett. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto, Bolaji Badejo, & Helen Horton. Brandywine Productions/Twentieth Century-Fox Productions. Rated R. 117 minutes. Horror/Sci-Fi ★★★★★ I'm not even a huge science fiction …

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PROMETHEUS Explores the Absent, Cruel Creator of Humanity

On By C.H. NewellIn 2012, Adventure, Charlize Theron, Film, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, Michael Fassbender, Mystery, Noomi Rapace, Prequel, Ridley Scott, Sci-FiLeave a comment

You don't dig PROMETHEUS? Well, Father Gore does— so buckle up!