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Movie poster for Touch Me (2025), directed by Addison Heimann, featuring a woman's tilted-down face, mouth open in ecstasy or pain, in pink-purple lighting.
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Movie Review: TOUCH ME (2025), directed by Addison Heimann

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Joey (Olivia Taylor Dudley) and Craig (Jordan Gavaris) are two Millennial (Gen Y) friends/roommates who slip through life in a codependent relationship that avoids past trauma or current responsibility in shared coping mechanisms of alcohol, vaping, and dark humor. Until Joey meets the bizarre and entrancing Brian, a tracksuit-wearing self-professed extra-terrestrial who can calm Joey’s anxiety with a simple touch. Brian tells Joey that he is an orphan and refugee from a planet lost to climate change, but that he brought with him special trees that will help rescue Earth before it is too late. Joey rapidly falls under Brian’s seductive spell, until a moment of intense tentacle-filled cross-species sex drives her from him in fear. Joey relates this story in an engrossing, almost-ten minute monologue that opens Touch Me (2025) as the camera slowly zooms in on Joey’s face as she responds during a psychiatry session to her therapist’s suggesting of combating anxiety with absurdity. Then the film gets weirder.

Cover of Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky, featuring yellow plants or fungi against a blue background with more flora and possibly animals.
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Book Review: Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Alpha Centauri: Alien Clay

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And on a planet like Kiln, where the alien life is incompatible with human life…but the alien life is extremely good at trying to bridge that gap, this is a slow death sentence…or is it? Daghdev is a classic protagonist in the Tchaikovsky model, often isolated from his fellows and only slowly coming to bridge those gaps as well…

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#59. Alien: Covenant (2017) w/ Jeannette Ng — A Shoot the WISB Subcast

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/ShootTheWISB59AlienCovenant/ShootTheWisb59–AlienCovenant.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSByron, Shelley, and Wagner, oh my! Shaun, David, and Jen, discuss Ridley Scott’s newest edition to the Alien universe, Alien: Covenant, with special guest, Jeannette Ng! The group travel deep into the weeds of the literary and theological references in the film (dragging Shaun along kicking and screaming), Ridley Scott’s ambitious vision, and David’s (not to be confused with the David on the podcast) role as the protagonist of Prometheus and Covenant. It’s a bit of a heavy hitter. We hope you enjoy the episode! Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

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#33. Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986) — A Shoot the WISB Subcast w/ Damien Angelica Walters

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/ShootTheWISB33AlienAndAliens/ShootTheWisb33–AlienAndAliens.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSFacehuggers, flamethrowers, and angry momma aliens, oh my!  Damien Angelica Walters brings her squee to this special Alien-centric episode!  We discuss the legacy of Alien and Aliens, the evocative design of the films, their underlying metaphors, and so much more! We hope you enjoy the episode! Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Spoiler Alert:  the following podcast contains spoilers for the film being reviewed; if you wish to see the film without having it ruined for you, download this podcast and save it for later.

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Flick Bits: First Pics of Ridley Scott’s Prometheus!

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Entertainment Weekly has a sneak peek into the much anticipated new Ridley Scott flick, Prometheus (thanks to Stephen Hunt for bringing these to my attention). Here you go: Scott’s film, set for release next June, is the latest addition to the Alien universe/series, which began with Alien in 1979 and continued under James Cameron with the 1986 film Aliens.  Prometheus stars Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Idris Elba, Noomi Rapace, and Guy Pearce (among others). IMDB describes the film as follows:

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