Tag Archives: Aliens

I wanna be Ripley for my birthday.

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Julia Barrett

I was stung again today - I didn’t do anything to the damn yellow jacket. I was minding my own business at 7 in the morning, hiking on a cool day beneath a cloudy sky. Wham! Stung right on my … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Monsters.

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Julia Barrett

There’s a huge difference between horror and gross. Aliens is horror. Aliens vs. Predators is gross. Aliens grabs you by the whatever and squeezes until you squeal. The movie evokes so many emotions, dialing up the fear factor until it … Continue reading →

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Get your popcorn - my son’s top 20 movies.

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Julia Barrett

Big- This was and is still the biggest child wish fulfillment movie ever made. Forget all those garbage tales where parents and their kids switch places because of a magic mirror or a coin in a wishing well or whatever … Continue reading →

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