This immortal classic has been making the cable TV rounds this holiday season and “Alien”, for me, still holds up as my favorite science fiction/horror film EVER!  I have always been partial to the first part of the film where the crew find out about the strange “distress” signal they are sent to investigate, up until Kane (John Hurt) is brought back to the ship from the surface of the planetoid with a “guest” attached to his face.  There is nice cast interaction and an effective depiction of a trek across a rather hostile planet.  The rollercoaster ride of horror aboard ship which [More]