There is a lot that’s new in this seventh instalment, but the final act turns into a Ripley-off of better moments from earlier movies You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in ...

With a much-hyped but middling Spielberg offering, a better-than-expected rom-com and a stinker horror-comedy, it’s a truly mixed bag of movies this week.

There is idol worship, and there is Fede Alvarez. Peter Howell is a Toronto-based movie critic and a freelance contributor to the Star. Follow him on Twitter: @peterhowellfilm.

When Fede Álvarez watched a deleted scene from James Cameron's Aliens, he noticed something he hadn't seen in many space movies: a bunch of kids running around the space colony. The filmmaker started ...