Okay, are you ready for that semi-spoilery detail to further emphasize how wildly impressive this film is? Here it goes I love a good big-budget superhero film as much as anyone, but if you’re looking to see what can be accomplished with a limited budget in the genre, Freaks is an absolute must-see. He’s always told her that the outside world is a dangerous place, but the older Chloe gets, the more tempted she becomes to venture out - and then she finally does. She’s spent her entire life completely isolated from the world inside her home with her father, Henry ( Emile Hirsch). The movie features a show-stopping performance from Lexy Kolker as seven-year-old Chloe. But, do know that this is one of the best character-driven sci-fi thrillers of 2019. Stein’s Freaks for the very end of this blurb because I would suggest jumping into this story knowing as little as possible. I’m going to save one of the major things that wows me about Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. SteinĬast: Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Grace Park, Amanda Crew, Lexy Kolker Writers/Directors: Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. It’s the rare technology-based film where all the technological effects seem to play better with age. Scott’s sci-fi masterpiece is somehow both a bluntly perfect slasher film and a subtly perfect dystopian dissection of corporations valuing property and money over human lives. The atmospheric dread and terror that results is anything but simple, however. The plot is simple: In the future, a group of workers in space answer a distress call, only to find and take back with them a malevolent, extraterrestrial force. Giger and Michael Seymour, director Ridley Scott crafted a visually stunning, dark, and oppressive milieu for his characters (including, of course, Sigourney Weaver’s introduction as the iconic Ripley) to suffer through. Alongside iconic production and character design work from H.R. Released in 1979, Aliencontinues to look better than films made yesterday. Cast: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto
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