Catching Up
Never Ask an Alien Queen Her Age: Aliens 27 Years Later
July 18 is the 27th anniversary of Aliens, and it has aged well. Mark Blankenship, editor of TheCriticalCondition.com, tells Snakkle that this sequel is right up there with The Godfather II. Jason Zinoman, author of Shock Value, a new book about scary movies, agrees, telling us that James Cameron "took a brilliant horror film [and] transformed it into a brilliant action film." (He also added an "s" on the end instead of the number 2.) Let's look at why Aliens still scares us—in a good way. By Brett Singer
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Bill Paxton—Now
Prior to his Golden Globe-nominated role as polygamist Bill Henrickson on HBO’s Big Love (2006-2011), Paxton appeared in over 50 films, many of them directed by James Cameron, such as The Terminator (1984), Titanic (1997), and True Lies, as the superbly sleazy car salesman Simon (1994). Mr. Cameron must like him. There are worse things for an actor.
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