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Monday | SFFMedia

Sigourney talks Avatar, Cameron and why sex in Alien would have been crazy

In Avatar, Sigourney Weaver plays botanist Grace Augustine, a scientist studying the jungle moon Pandora, home to a species of 11-foot-tall blue humanoid creatures called Na'vi. Like Sam Worthington who plays Jake Sully in the lead role, she appears in human form and as a 3-D animated Na'vi. Their avatars are human-Na'vi hybrids into which Grace ...

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Related Topix: Avatar, Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Short, Aliens, Sigourney Weaver, History Movies, Titanic, James Cameron, Movies, Entertainment

Wed Nov 18, 2009

DVD Times

Moon

Subtitles: English Chinese Hindi Indonesian Thai English Special Features: Director and crew commentary Producer and director commentary Whistle The making of Moon creating the visual FX Science center Q&A Filmmakers Q&A at Sundance Trailer Trailers: 2012 Ghostbusters Julie and Julia Angels and Demons GERTY Table Tennis Easter Egg Distributor: Sony ...

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Related Topix: Moon, Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Austin American Statesman

Sunny today, tomorrow, rain chances increase Sunday

After having programmed months of sunny and warm forecasts, the crew members of the National Weather Service ship Nostromo have emerged from their cryogenic sleep chambers to predict showers Sunday.

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Related Topix: Weather, Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Houston Chronicle

Sigourney Weaver hit with lawsuit

Sigourney Weaver has been named in a $5 million lawsuit over a business deal involving a cosmetics company she part-owns. The Alien actress is a minority shareholder in the business, and owner Vincent Longo is being sued by Anthony Minuto after a transaction between the pair turned sour.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, Sigourney Weaver

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Ultimate AV

The third act features some impressive discrete effects.

Sixteen years after the cancelation of the TV show Galaxy Quest , the ensemble cast ekes out a living signing autographs at fan conventions and making appearances at store openings.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Galaxy Quest, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Star Trek, Science Fiction TV, Entertainment, Television, Tim Allen, Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman

Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Gazette

Sigourney Weaver joins cast of a oeCedar Rapidsa

Posted on Nov 04, 2009 by Adam Belz . Variety reports that the star of "Alien" and "Ghostbusters" will have a cameo role in "Cedar Rapids," a comedy to be filmed about a smalltime insurance salesman attending a big industry conference right here in the City of Five Seasons.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, Sigourney Weaver, Cedar Rapids, IA, Cedar Rapids Metro

The Lawrentian

Five horror films for Halloween

The weekend of Halloween is upon us, so I felt it was necessary to assist those of you looking for truly terrifying weekends, and those who need help sifting through the thousands of horror movies out there.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Psycho, Anthony Perkins, Vocal, Alfred Hitchcock, Janet Leigh, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

Japanese scientists create 'Alien' bionic arm

The powerful robotic arm that Sigourney Weaver's character used in the cult science-fiction film Aliens has become reality.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Short, Aliens, Sigourney Weaver, Science / Technology, Robots, Japan, World News

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Salon.com

The horrifying movie career of Veronica Cartwright

Currently blogging in two languages, due to severe overflow of useless opinions.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, The Birds, The Right Stuff, History Movies, Adventure, Veronica Cartwright, Time After Time

Sat Oct 31, 2009

National Post

H.R. Giger: Father of the alien

One of H.R. Gigera s less-than-cuddly artworks. Three decades ago, a loathsome, worm-like parasite burst from the chest of a hapless spaceship crew member - an electrifying moment that made cinematic history, as well as the reputations of pretty well everyone concerned.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Annie Hall, Comedy Movies, Sigourney Weaver

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Campus Press

Classics of the Week a " "Alien" and "The Shining"

A comparison of two horror films like "Alien" and "The Shining" begs the question, "What's more scary?" The thought that something out there wants to reduce you to blood and guts, or the possibility your nightmares are just figments of your imagination? That's the dichotomy that exists between these two films, which are both excellent examples of ...

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, The Shining

Thu Oct 29, 2009

The Courier Mail

Alien film inspires robot

JAPANESE engineers have taken us one step closer to the robot revolution by developing a machine inspired by the movie Aliens .

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Related Topix: Robots, Science / Technology, Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Short, Aliens, Sigourney Weaver

411mania.com

[Movies] Plot Details For Alien Prequel

According to Empire Online , who caught up with Ridley Scott at a premiere, the new Alien prequel will not revolve around the story of how the aliens found their way to LV-426, the infested planet that John Hurt and Sigourney Weaver discovered in the first film.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, John Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Movies, Entertainment

Mon Oct 26, 2009

East Valley Tribune

Scaring up a whole lot of Halloween programming

Frightful programming will haunt most network schedules a full week before Halloween.

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Related Topix: Life, Halloween, Holidays, Horror Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, The Amityville Horror, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Short, Aliens, Lance Henriksen, Crime Movies, Twilight

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Ask MetaFilter

Fictional M to fictional F?

Looking for fictional female characters originally written as men. I'm interested in fictional women in literature, cinema, comic books, TV etc., whose characters were originally meant to be men, but at some point during the creative process / production became female characters in stead.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, Sigourney Weaver

Thu Oct 22, 2009

The Wichita Eagle

Today's TV Best Bets

This new comedy-drama is built around uptight FBI Agent Peter Burke and his unlikely partner, con man and prison escapee Neal Caffrey , who hunt an elusive and vicious counterfeiter known as the "Dutchman." 9 p.m., USA, Channel 28.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, Entertainment

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Salisbury Journal

Sigourney opens Tokyo Film Festival

Sigourney Weaver walked down a green carpet made of recycled plastic to open the Tokyo International Film Festival.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Sigourney Weaver

Fri Oct 16, 2009

411mania.com

The 411 Movies Top 5 10.16.09: Week 187 - Top 5 Hottest Horror Heroines

The 411 Movies Top 5 10.16.09: Week 187 - Top 5 Hottest Horror Heroines Posted by Trevor Snyder on 10.16.2009 Continuing the Top 5's tribute to Halloween, we take a look at the hottest heroines in horror movie history.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Halloween, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Sigourney Weaver, Scream, Short, Mystery Movies, Rose McGowan, The Fog, Movies, Entertainment

Wed Oct 14, 2009

Multichannel News

AMC Fest Spreads The Fear

AMC will pay homage to the Halloween season by offering more than 50 horror titles as part of its annual "AMC Fearfest" programming stunt later this month.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, Lance Henriksen

Mon Oct 12, 2009

Surrey Hants Star

The talented Ms Ripley

It is 30 years since Ridley Scott's Alien burst on to cinema screens and introduced us to Ellen Ripley, chestbursters and body horror The other week I went to see a science-fiction thriller called Pandorum which opens a ' rather memorably a ' with a scene in which a befuddled Dennis Quaid falls out of a space-pod dressed only in his underpants.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Pandorum

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