After marinating for just over a week, Hulu’s Alien: Earth series has my brain twisting itself in wrinkly little knots trying to decide how I feel about the show.
The philosophy of Peter Pan, man’s hubris, what it means to be human, and whether it is right to squash a bug because you might get stung? All themes Alien: Earth ambitiously attempts to tackle head-on in 8 episodes.
When you think of movie soundtracks, you think of Hans Zimmer. He is ubiquitous in the cinema landscape and has left his mark on dozens of iconic films. Notable examples include: Pirates of the Caribbean (He’s a Pirate hits every time), Inception, Interstellar, The Dark Knight Trilogy, and…Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa?
When Splice premiered at the 2009 Sitges Film Festival, I was but a child. A budding cinephile child going through his horror movie phase, but a child without the means to fly to Spain to see a yet-unreleased movie. When 2010 rolled around and Splice saw its North American release, I had seen the ads on TV, trailers in the theatres, but kept my intrigue to myself so I wouldn’t be judged as “weird”. (Spoiler alert: I was, in fact, weird.)
“Where are my keys?!”
Our green-eyed, black cat, Zoey, observes me from her tower as I frantically tear apart the living room. A common sight for her, I’m certain.
I swear I just saw them! Why am I always like this?
“Jack.”
“JACK!”
I spin to see my wife, Sarah, smirking with one hand on her hip and the other holding something by her side. “Heads up!” She tosses that something to me as I scramble to catch…my keys.