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Alien vs Predator (2004)

December 2023

  • No escape … Sigourney Weaver in Alien 3.

    Week in geek
    Alien nation: will the franchise’s new movie really cut all links to the past?

    The early films created a legacy as difficult to kill off as the acid-blooded extraterrestrials. Hopefully, Alien: Romulus can break free of the restrictions that damaged so much of what followed

March 2021

  • Still from the forthcoming Godzilla vs Kong

    Ranked
    The 20 greatest smackdown movies – ranked!

    As the world awaits the monstrous thrills of the new blockbuster Godzilla vs Kong, the genre’s big-hitters slug it out for top place

September 2018

  • Deadpool, The Predator and The Terminator.

    Steve Rose on film
    How The Predator remake is ushering in a new golden age of gore

    Before family-friendly PG-13 became the norm, action hits relied on blood and guts. Post-Deadpool, we’re in the midst of a sea change

July 2015

  • Sigourney Weaver on set for the seventh series of ITV's Doc Martin.

    From Alien to ITV: Sigourney Weaver set for guest role on Doc Martin

    American actor spotted on set of cosy Cornish-set comedy-drama starring Martin Clunes as an awkward country GP

April 2014

  • Best of enemies … two franchises square off in the bug-eyed Alien vs Predator.

    My guilty pleasure
    My guilty pleasure: Alien vs Predator

    Paul WS Anderson's franchise mash-up doesn't make a lot of sense, but it is a bug-eyed, all-action depiction of warring alien natures, green in tooth and claw, with a great cast. And it finds romance in the unlikeliest places, writes Dave Turner

August 2004

  • Alien vs Predator seizes US No 1

    Alien vs Predator exceeded all expectations to fight its way to the top of the American box office this weekend

January 2004

  • Two near-human heads are better than one

    The actors who played two of the most iconic cyborgs of the 80s are to join forces in the forthcoming Alien vs Predator movie.

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