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Sunday, May 21, 2017

Alien: Covenant (2017)

"The path to paradise begins in hell."

Directed by Ridley Scott
Produced by Ridley Scott, Mark Huffam, Michael Schaefer, David Giler, Walter Hill
Screenplay by John Logan, Dante Harper
Story by Jack Paglen, Michael Green
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Carmen Ejogo, Demián Bichir
Music by Jed Kurzel
Cinematography: Dariusz Wolski
Edited by Pietro Scalia
Production companies: 20th Century Fox, Scott Free Productions
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date: May 19, 2017 (United States)
Running time: 123 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $97 million

"Alien: Covenant" is a science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by John Logan and Dante Harper. It's the sequel to "Prometheus" and the sixth installment overall in the "Alien" film series. The story is about the crew of a colony ship heading for a remote planet, which looks so perfect that a threat is impossible to spot immediately.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

"You only get one chance to save the galaxy twice."

Directed by James Gunn
Produced by Kevin Feige
Written by James Gunn
Based on "Guardians of the Galaxy" by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning
Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Elizabeth Debicki, Chris Sullivan, Sean Gunn, Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell
Music by Tyler Bates
Cinematography: Henry Braham
Edited by Fred Raskin, Craig Wood
Production company: Marvel Studios
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios, Motion Pictures
Release date: May 5, 2017 (United States)
Running time: 136 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $200 million

"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" is an action science fiction adventure film directed and written by James Gunn. It's the sequel to "Guardians of the Galaxy" and the fifteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It tells the story of the Guardians who travel throughout the cosmos as they help Peter Quill learn more about his father.