Paranoid Aliens - Solar Quest

Advantages: Incentives to read, stickers, fun worksheets ...
Disadvantages: none

...As some regular rating readers will know my son has some issues with reading and has found things a bit harder then some of his classmates. On the last day of school he told me about this library reading contest. It's not really a contest but I can't really think of a better word to describe it. My son thought it sounded interesting and my book about helping children to learn to read said taking children to the library is a great way to encourage them. We went into the library and got him his first library card and the librarian re-explained the Quest Seekers summer reading challenge (there we go better word to describe it!). He got another card to use when getting or returning quest books, a poster for quest stickers, and some colouring pages. I let my son look around at the books and I picked the books to take home as he was looking... Read review

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Advantages: GREAT FILM
Disadvantages: NONE

...Alien. A true classic and still as fresh today as when it was made in 1979. We follow the crew of the Nosromo, a deep space mining vessel as it has its return journey interupted by a unknown signal from an unexplored world. They investigate the signal and one of the crew ends up with his face covered by an alien creature. this later falls off but the damage has all ready been done. Shortly afterwards an alien bursts from John Hurts stomache and then the alien slug grows into an enormous 9ft killing machine. What happens from this point on I will not divulge here, surely you've seen it? The film began a huge 'alien' type spin offs and clone type films. But none ever to match the original. The only negative from a personal point of view was it was all too dark. The special effects are nothing special but the performances from... Read review

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Advantages: How spoofs should be made
Disadvantages: None

...Galaxy Quest is a Sci-Fi adventure spoof about the stars of a cult TV show and stars Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman and Justin Long. The TV show, called Galaxy Quest, is a 1980's Sci-Fi show in the vein of "Star Trek" and has the same enthusiastic fans. The show has been canceled for 18 years but Jason Nesmith, Gwen DeMarco and Alexander Dane and the rest of the crew still earn their way attending conventions and opening discount stores. During one convention, where they're at each others throats as usual, a race of aliens known as Thermians arrive and ask for their help. Nesmith laughs them off until he gets taken up into their spaceship, along with the rest of the cast. Turns out the aliens think these actors are real spacemen (and women) and have based their whole society around them. They take them into space hoping... Read review

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