SciFi
Alien
In 1979 it was the scariest movie ever released. A spaceship on the rescue is attacked by an acid spitting life form.
Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Sigourney Weaver and John Hurt.
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Aliens
The sequel is as good as the original. Ripley is rescued from deep space, but the invincible alien is still alive and kicking.
Directed by James Cameron. Starring Sigourney Weaver.
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Bladerunner
In 2019 Rick Deckard is hired to hunt replicants. Who’s human and who’s not?
Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer.
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The empire strikes back
Luke Skywalker seeks the Jedi Master Yoda to complete his training, while Leia and Han are caught by Darth Vader.
Directed by Irvin Kershner. Starring Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher.
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The fellowship of the ring
Frodo, a young Hobbit has been entrusted with an ancient Ring. But the Ring can do evil in the wrong hands, so it must be destroyed.
Directed by Peter Jackson. Starring Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee and Cate Blanchett.
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Planet of the apes
Three spacemen land on a planet to find the roles of man and ape completely reversed.
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. Starring Charlton Heston.
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The terminator
A human-looking, apparently unstoppable cyborg travels back in time to kill Sarah Connor. Kyle Reese is sent to protect Sarah whose unborn child will be the savior of the future.
Directed by James Cameron. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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The two towers
In the second chapter in Tolkien's epic trilogy, the Fellowship faces huge armies and deception while also witnessing ancient wonders.
Directed by Peter Jackson. Starring Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee and Cate Blanchett.
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Spotlight
Sigourney Weaver
I'd rather have a small part in a movie I love, than a bigger part in one I don't care about
Remarkable:
Sigourney has a star on Hollywood Boulevard (Vine street).
It’s located west of Orange.
Born:
October 8, 1949Born as:
Susan Alexandra Weaver
Growing up on New York’s Upper East Side and after attending private schools in Manhattan and Connecticut, Sigourney graduated from Stanford University with an English degree in 1971.
She spent some time living in Israel on a kibbutz before she appeared in stage productions off Broadway.
Weaver's major film debut came in 1977 with six seconds screen time in Annie Hall but she rose to prominence as Ripley in Alien (1979).
In the eighties and nineties she played a variety of roles from the hilarious Ghostbusters to the romantic The year of living dangerously to the low budget thriller Death and the maiden (1994).
Weaver reprised her Ripley characterization in Aliens (1986), Alien³ (1992) and Alien: Resurrection (1997).
Academy awards
1989 Nominated Best Actress for: Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988)1989 Nominated Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: Working Girl (1988)
1987 Nominated Best Actress for: Aliens (1986)
Selected movies
- Alien (1979)
- Aliens (1986)
- The Ice Storm (1997)
- Holes (2003)
- Galaxy Quest (1999)
- The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
- Death and the Maiden (1994)
- Alien: Resurrection (1997)
- Alien³ (1992)