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  1. Chicago Sun-Times [Roger Ebert]
  2. Chicago Sun-Times [Roger Ebert]
  3. Variety.com [Variety Staff]
  4. Guardian/Observer
  5. James Berardinelli's ReelViews
  6. BBCi - Films
  7. BBCi - Films (DVD review)
  8. Los Angeles Times [Manohla Dargis]
  9. New York Times (registration req'd)
  10. Salon.com [Andrew O'Hehir]
  11. San Francisco Chronicle [Peter Hartlaub]
  12. Screen It! (spoilers)
  13. Tiscali UK
  14. The Z Review
  15. Urban Cinefile (Australia) - Director's Cut
  16. In Film Australia
  17. The One-Line Review [Iain Stott]
  18. Appreciating Great Trash
  19. n:zone [D.Kelly]
  20. At the Movies (Dutch)
  21. The Onion A.V. Club [Keith Phipps]
  22. The Onion A.V. Club [Keith Phipps]
  23. Spaceship Rear View [Serge V. Berezhnoy] (Russian)
  24. BlairWitch.de (German)
  25. Blogcritics - DVD review [Matt Paprocki]
  26. filmsgraded.com [Brian Koller]
  27. And You Thought It Was Safe? review
  28. Cinema Alley
  29. The Cinemaslave Blog
  30. Philadelphia City Paper [Sam Adams]
  31. Classic-Horror
  32. Brilliant Observations on 1173 Films [Clayton Trapp]
  33. Crazy for Cinema
  34. Danland Movies
  35. DVD Times Alien Quadrilogy [Mike Sutton]
  36. eFilmCritic Reviews
  37. eFilmCritic Reviews
  38. Fast Forward Film Reviews
  39. filmcritic.com
  40. FilmHead.com - Video Pick
  41. GenX Movies
  42. Hollywood Gothique
  43. Horror Online (Polish)
  44. Jam! Movies
  45. Arrow In The Head Review: Alien
  46. Chicago Tribune [Michael Wilmington]
  47. The Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review [Richard Scheib]
  48. Movie Gurus
  49. Movie Cynics
  50. Time Out New York [Keith Uhlich]
  51. Old School Reviews [John Nesbit]
  52. OutNow! DVD Review (German)
  53. Parallax View [Tom Keogh]
  54. Qwipster's Movie Reviews [Vince Leo]
  55. John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Film/TV
  56. Rio Rancho Film Reviews (*potentially offensive*)
  57. The Sci-Fi Block
  58. Mainly Movies
  59. SF-Radio.Net (German)
  60. And You Call Yourself A Scientist!
  61. 25frames.org [Christoph Huber] (German)
  62. 411Mania.com [Dunn]
  63. Attack of the 50 Foot DVD!
  64. AboutFilm
  65. allesfilm.com [Christoph Huber] (German)
  66. All Movie Guide [Lucia Bozzola]
  67. Almost Fabulous Movie Reviews
  68. Jester's Movie Reviews
  69. b-movies.gr (Greek)
  70. BeyondHollywood.com
  71. The BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader Reviews
  72. Bloodtype Online [John "El Juan" Shatzer]
  73. Boca do Inferno (Portuguese)
  74. Boca do Inferno [Alessandro Julien de Souza] (Brazilian Portuguese)
  75. British Horror Films
  76. Celluloid Dreams
  77. cine.gr (Greek)
  78. Cine Fantastico: Alien
  79. Nexus7: Alien, el 8º pasajero
  80. Cineguns (French)
  81. Cinemafantastique (French)
  82. CineHall: News about the Alien saga (Italian)
  83. Cole Smithey
  84. Combustible Celluloid [Jeffrey M. Anderson]
  85. Countingdown.com review [Max Colston]
  86. DVD Review: The "Alien:Legacy" Box Set
  87. Cyberpunk Review
  88. Damox - DVD Review
  89. DevilDead (French)
  90. Die-besten-Horrorfilme.de (German)
  91. Digg* Review (Dutch)
  92. Digital Retribution
  93. Digital Lard
  94. Dual Lens - The Alien Symposium
  95. Dual Lens - Review
  96. DVD-CENTER (German)
  97. DVD Net [Jules Faber] - Collector's Edition (Region 4)
  98. DVD Anmelderen (Norwegian)
  99. DVDAnswers.com - region 2 review of Quadrilogy boxset [Richard Schuchardt]
  100. DVDAnswers.com - region 1 review of Quadrilogy boxset [Chris Gould]
  101. DVD Authority - Alien Quadrilogy DVD review
  102. DVDBeaver.com - Review [Gary W. Tooze]
  103. DVD Bulletin - Alien Quadrilogy DVD review
  104. Dvdclassik Review (French)
  105. DVDFanatic - Alien Quadrilogy [Sean Chavel]
  106. dvdforum.nu [Anders Liden] (Swedish)
  107. dvdforum.nu [CJ Åkerberg] (Swedish)
  108. DVD Journal
  109. DVD Maniacs Quadrilogy review
  110. DVDork.com [Chris McGeachy] - Collector's Edition
  111. DVD Review
  112. Aisle View - Director's Cut
  113. DVD Therapy - Quadrilogy review
  114. DVD Times Review [Raphael Pour-Hashemi]
  115. DVD Town - Alien Quadrilogy [John J. Puccio]
  116. DVDTown [John J. Puccio]
  117. DVD Verdict
  118. DVD Verdict - Collector's Edition
  119. DVD Verdict - The Alien Quadrilogy
  120. Entertainmentopia [Erich Becker]
  121. Encyclopedia Of Fantastic Film & TV
  122. Epinions [flash-hammer]
  123. Epinions [Hugh U. Kidden]
  124. Epinions [McMaster]
  125. dancingpotato's review, epinions.com
  126. Review By Dan Ray
  127. Edinburgh U Film Society [Sarah Woolner]
  128. Exclaim! [Chris Gramlich]
  129. Exclaim! [Chris Gramlich]
  130. Explore-science-fiction-movies.com
  131. eXXagon's reXtricted (Italian)
  132. EyeForFilm.co.uk
  133. Eye Weekly [Jason Anderson]
  134. Entertainment Zone Review [Jay Woelfel]
  135. FeoAmente.com [Kelly Parks]
  136. Filmbesprechungen.de - Legacy Box (German)
  137. Filmbesprechungen.de (German)
  138. Filmhai (German)
  139. FilmHobbit.com - The Director's Cut
  140. FilmJerk.com [Edward Havens]
  141. filmrezension.de [Matthias vom Schemm] (German)
  142. L'Encyclopedie du Cinema Fantastique (French)
  143. The Greatest Films - comprehensive analysis of classic US film
  144. Filmski Portal Review
  145. Filmspiegel (German)
  146. Filmstarts.de [Ulrich Behrens] (German)
  147. filmzentrale [U. Behrens] (German)
  148. filmzentrale [D. Möltner] (German)
  149. filmzentrale [Transpluto] (German)
  150. FishEye : Movie reviews without the boring bits (Hebrew)
  151. FlickFilosopher.com - The director's cut [MaryAnn Johanson]
  152. RG Crow's Bosting Reviews
  153. Aleksandar's Capsule Movie Reviews
  154. Fulvue Drive-in [Nicholas Sheffo]
  155. Future Movies - review [Adrian Mackinder]
  156. Four Word Film Review
  157. Gods of Filmmaking
  158. Good News Film Reviews
  159. The Book-Lover's Guide to Cinema [4.0/5.0]
  160. Haro Online
  161. Daniel Stephens
  162. FireBlade Coffeehouse DVD Reviews
  163. Home Theater Info DVD Review
  164. Home Theater and Sound [Wes Marshall]
  165. HorrorDVDs.com
  166. Horrorwatch.com
  167. IndependentCritics.com [Jacob Hall]
  168. InsidePulse.com - Alien Quadrilogy DVD Review
  169. InsidePulse.com [Robert Sutton]
  170. Isle of Man Today [Colm Andrew]
  171. Jigsaw Lounge [Neil Young]
  172. Kingdom of Desire (German)
  173. Knowthemovies.com [Paul Wall]
  174. Matchflick [Jenny]
  175. metacritic.com - Reviews and Scores from Leading Film Critics
  176. MikeyMo
  177. Mondo Digital
  178. Montreal Mirror [Matthew Hays]
  179. Movie Gazette review [Gary Panton]
  180. Movie Vault [Greg C.]
  181. Movie Vault [Greg C.]
  182. Movie Vault [Avril Carruthers]
  183. Movie Views [Ryan Cracknell]
  184. MovieboX [Andreas Ingo] (Swedish)
  185. moviefreak [Sara Michelle Fetters]
  186. Movie Gnome
  187. The MovieHamlet [Stefan Hedmark]
  188. Moviejunkies review (German)
  189. moviemaster.de [Frank Ehrlacher] (German)
  190. MovieMaze.de (German)
  191. MovieMaze.de (German)
  192. MoviEmotion.nl Special [Arien Siertsema] (Dutch)
  193. moviepilot.de [German Top Critics]
  194. Movie 2 Movie (Dutch)
  195. Movie 2 Movie [Michiel de Boever] (Dutch)
  196. Mr. Cranky
  197. Mutant Reviewers From Hell
  198. Nitrate Online (capsule)
  199. Nitrate Online (capsule)
  200. not coming to a theater near you [Chiranjit Goswami]
  201. Wooden Spoon's
  202. Phantasmagoria.nl (Dutch)
  203. PHILM - Danske filmanmeldelser (Danish)
  204. Plume Noire (French)
  205. Popcorn Pictures
  206. Popkorn Junkie's Review
  207. Powermetal.de - VideoZone (German)
  208. Movie Ram-blings
  209. Rambles [Tom Knapp]
  210. Ziggy's Video Realm review
  211. Reel Movie Critic [George Singleton]
  212. Revista Cinefagia (Spanish)
  213. At-A-Glance Film Reviews
  214. Rotten Tomatoes - Reviews from the Nation's Top Critics
  215. Ruthless Reviews ("potentially offensive")
  216. Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings
  217. The Sci-Fi Movie Page - DVD review
  218. SciScene Review: Alien
  219. Movie House Commentary
  220. Screamin' Demon [Mikey B]
  221. Shadows on the Wall [Rich Cline]
  222. Skrekkfilm.com (Norwegian)
  223. Slant Magazine
  224. Slate [Michael Agger]
  225. Ozus' World Movie Reviews [Dennis Schwartz]
  226. Spirituality & Practice [Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat]
  227. The Terror Trap
  228. The Auteurs
  229. TheBoxSet.com - Complete Movie/DVD Review
  230. Cinema Laser
  231. The City Review [Carter B. Horsley]
  232. The Film Asylum
  233. The Gline DVD review
  234. The Screen Directory
  235. Video Graveyard
  236. Time Out
  237. Top10Films.co.uk
  238. TV Guide
  239. Un Mundo de Cine (Spanish)
  240. Words From Here
  241. The World's Greatest Critic! [J.C. Maçek III]
  242. Quiet Please [Eric Mahleb]
  243. Zombie Keeper

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