"Run!!" There's a new Alien movie in town. Time to get everyone together to go to back to theater for a great time at the cinema watching something dark and scary. Alien: Romulus is the seventh movie in the sci-fi horror Alien franchise, following the original four Alien movies and the two Ridley Scott prequels from 2012 and 2017. There were also two other Alien vs. Predator movies, but we don't really talk about those (save that convo for another time). FirstShowing was in its heyday during the releases of Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, and one thing I remember from when those two came out - most people are extremely critical of Alien movies. Yes, it's an unquestionable fact that Alien and Aliens are two of the greatest sci-fi movies ever made. Alvarez's new creation borrows from both, it's literally set in between the two movies, and references them both in obvious and thrilling ways. I'm glad to say I enjoyed Alien: Romulus quite a bit. Much like Dan Trachtenberg's Prey, it's a properly entertaining, actually scary, supremely atmospheric one-off ...

"What could happen in a place called Wineville?" Dark Star Pictures has revealed an official trailer for an indie horror film titled Wineville, marking the feature directorial debut of actress Brande Roderick - who also stars. This one premiered at a few small film festivals in 2023, and will be out to watch on VOD soon. Roderick plays Tess Lott, a woman who escaped her abusive father as a teen. Now she returns as a single mother to her family's vineyard after her father's death to sort out her inheritance. The dark secrets she left behind have only festered & blackened over the decades, fermenting into violence & death. "Wineville was influenced by ’70s horror classics like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Last House on the Left, as I wanted my first feature to be in the horror genre that I loved so much growing up." Also starring Carolyn Hennesy, Texas Battle, Casey King, & Keaton Roderick Cadrez. Alas it looks boring and forgettable. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Brande Roderick's horror film Wineville, direct from YouTube: A ...