alien

Some additions to the franchise-actors-in-Bible-movies galleries

Three of the lists have been updated with images from Alien: Earth, The Carpenter's Son, and The Mandalorian and Grogu.

Sep 24 •

Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is Tim Burton's first bona fide hit in years

Also: Reagan and The Forge had the best holds in the top ten.

Sep 9, 2024 •

Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Reagan the top new film in a slow Labour Day weekend

Also: Deadpool & Wolverine and Inside Out 2 hit new milestones, and The Forge has one of the best holds of any "faith-based" film this decade.

Sep 2, 2024 •

Peter T Chattaway

Box office: The Forge can't quite revive the ailing "faith-based" genre

The Forge had one of the stronger openings of any "faith-based" film this decade, but also one of the weakest openings of any film by the Kendrick…

Aug 26, 2024 •

Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Alien: Romulus is a late-summer success, albeit a qualified one

Dollar-wise, it had the 2nd-biggest opening in the 45-year-old franchise's history. But in terms of the number of tickets sold, it had one of the…

Aug 19, 2024 •

Peter T Chattaway

How many Alien actors have also been in Bible movies?

The list includes Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Lance Henriksen, Dan Hedaya, Ewen Bremner, Sean Harris, Colin Salmon, and…

Aug 16, 2024 •

Peter T Chattaway

Flashback: Close-ups on non-human faces in Ridley Scott's Alien

The recurring motif ties into the film's blurring of the lines between human, animal, and machine.

Aug 16, 2024 •

Peter T Chattaway

Box office: The Fall Guy, uh, falls behind expectations as summer gets off to a slow start

Also: The Phantom Menace is one of the Top 2 films at the box office for the first time in 25 years, Tarot is the year's latest struggling horror movie…

May 7, 2024 •

Peter T Chattaway

Box office: R-rated sports drama, PG-rated faith-based music biopic lead a soft pre-summer weekend

Challengers and Unsung Hero were the top two films in North America despite making only $15 million and $7.8 million, respectively.

Apr 29, 2024 •

Peter T Chattaway

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