In space no one can hear you scream. The tag line says it all, really. On its return voyage to Earth the Nostromo, a commercial mining freighter belonging to the infamous Weyland Yutani corporation, pick up a faint distress beacon. Upon reluctantly checking it out, they stumble upon a long dormant alien vessel. A crew member is attacked during the exploration of the vessel and infested by an unusual creature. Upon leaving the planet, the Nostromo soon finds they have an unwelcome guest, and one by one the crew begin disappearing.

This is the first "Director's Cut" I've ever known to be actually shorter (admittedly only by about one minute) than the original version and incorporate a decent amount of footage not in the original. Ridley Scott has tightened Alien to keep people even closer to the edge of their seat than they were before. With an equal dose of science fiction and edge of your seat thrills, this is guaranteed to please both fans of the original cut and those that have never seen the movie that started the Alien phenomena. Bring on Alien vs Predator!

A diabolical supervillain (and is there any other kind?) is attacking 19th Century London with technology incredibly ahead of its time. Her Majesty's response is to form the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, full of characters from late-Victorian fiction - Alan Quartermain from "King Solomon's Mines", Mina Harker from "Dracula", Captain Nemo from "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" plus Dr. Henry Jeckyll and his beastly alter ego Mr Hyde, Dorian Grey and an invisible man. Joined by American agent Tom Sawyer, the battle is on, roaming from Africa to Venice to Siberia. If you're unable to tolerate a fair degree of cheesiness in your movies, you might be disposed to loathe this film. But for those of you able to look past this, or who are even inclined to enjoy a cliche-overload, you might have a good time with this film. There are some character moments for most of the cast in between the usual explosions and running around inherent in the modern action movie, and there are at least two nice nods to the (fairly different) graphic novel the film is based on. This may not be the best comic book adaptation of all time, but it's also very far from the worst.