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Apr 2023
1h 56m

‘Alien’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, a...

The Ringer
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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey are unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality as they rewatch Ridley Scott’s science fiction horror classic ‘Alien’ starring Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerrit, and Harry Dean Stanton.


Producer: Craig Horlbeck

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