Why Pit 'Alien' Against 'Aliens' When Ripley is Great in Both?
Ripley is a great character because she serves two distinct, but rewarding, purposes in the original film and the sequel.

A lonely girl thinks about her past with her boyfriend.
Ripley is a great character because she serves two distinct, but rewarding, purposes in the original film and the sequel.
Ultimately, Wicked is a story about the cost of being othered, the pain of being misnamed, and the quiet revolution of standing in your truth.
This reboot of The Wonder Years is told from the lens of a Black man.
‘Run Sweetheart Run’ has everything women fear the most, from psycho boyfriends to tampons.
Strangers in a crowd, exchanging glances, looking away, continually managing to run into each other then part ways, end up at the same diner, find they've rented the exact same vehicles, and are then made to travel together to learn once more whether they can both find genuine adoration and companionship again. This really does, in so many words, sum up the foundational gist of of this new feature film from writer Seth Reiss ("The Menu") and director Kogonada ("The Acolyte", "After Yang"). Yet, it's all only the set-up for the REAL wonder of everything that happens before, during, and in the aftermath of a magical, meaningful journey.
Hanna Bergholm's 'Hatching' shows us that the modern version of the cardboard world trope is social media.