They really don't make them like this any more.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 27, 2019

Alien is a triumph of style over substance, of lean over fat.

| Nov 7, 2006

Going back to the beginning and seeing where it all began, this film had a lot to live up to in my eyes. In the end, I was just left wondering what all the fuss was about.

Full Review | Original Score: C- | Nov 25, 2003

... one of the few films that can be predicted perfectly, but it?s so well crafted?and so damn exciting?that we just don?t care.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 23, 2003

Nearly a quarter of a century down the line, a great film has been made greater.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 14, 2003

It remains one of the best examples of sustained tension.

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 6, 2003

When Scott was finished, he thought it was too long and that the added material threw the pacing off. Therefore, he cut his own Director's Cut. (Alien Quadrilogy)

| Original Score: 9/10 | Nov 6, 2003

Whether this is the first time you have seen Alien, or the third or fourth... The tension never abates - the film never lets you off the hook.

| Nov 6, 2003

'A chance to see Ridley Scott's ruthlessly efficient shocker back where it belongs, on the big screen.'

| Nov 5, 2003

For reviewer Todd Gilchrist, puberty began in earnest when he witnessed Sigourney Weaver getting physical aboard a doomed spaceship.

| Nov 4, 2003

Still one scary mother.

| Original Score: A- | Nov 4, 2003

fuller and scarier

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 2, 2003

Thrill again to how thoroughly conceived the whole thing is, how impeccably acted and genuine in its suspense.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 31, 2003

Turns out not to be one of those movies that improves in the memory, but actually is better than you remember, mostly because it puts its multitude of imitators to shame.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 31, 2003

Scott knew how to create tension, and the movie still has plenty of white-knuckle impact, although it's a little tamer than I remembered.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Oct 31, 2003

What you will find is that the old mayhem is still masterful and that there is nothing like the big screen for this type of mortally wounded space exploration.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 31, 2003

Watching it again reminded me how remarkably the sound engineers did their jobs.

| Oct 31, 2003

Alien still thrills because of Scott's relentless focus on terror.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 31, 2003

It's scary, smart, well-acted and just as effective now as it was in 1979. Go see it.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 31, 2003

Whether altered for the sake of incorporating superfluous extra material (cat fight!) or for reasons even less compelling, the editing rhythms here are way off.

| Oct 30, 2003