Musings of a Wandering Writer

This one's taken me a very long time to get out, but the holidays have been slowing me down a bit more than I expected. Although I may typically prize story/plot more than some of the other usual suspects, this remains one of those films that demonstrates audio, set design, and story can work in horrific harmony. 1 Where You Can Find It:  I saw this on Amazon Video where it is available for rent/purchase. General Information  Alien is a science fiction horror film that was released on 25 May 1979. It was directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon. It was produced under Brandywine Productions and distributed through 20th Century Fox. Academy Award winning musician, Jerry Goldsmith, provided the scoring for this  with Derek Vanlint handling cinematography and photography. It is the first entry in the Alien franchise, which is now made up of six films (not counting the AVP: Alien vs. Predator spin-off series). In 2002, it was selected for preservation within the ...

After seeing some of John Travolta's more recent films , it's hard to imagine a time when he was an acting juggernaut that could carry most of a film on his own. One could potentially say that the 1990s were the last time he was in anything all that great as few can forget kicking off his entrance into the twenty-first century with the widely reviled Battlefield Earth . I'm somewhat morbidly interested in revisiting that disaster just so I can review it, but for now I'll settle with the fonder memories of this instead. 1 Where You Can Find It:  I saw this on Amazon Video where it is available for rent/purchase, however it is also available on Blu-Ray. It is also available via Showtime to subscribers. General Information  The General's Daughter is a mystery thriller that was released on 18 June 1999. It is an adaptation of Nelson DeMille's novel of the same name and was directed by Simon West. It was produced by Mace Neufield and distributed under Paramount Pictu...