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October 14, 2011
At the Movies: Sci-fi prequel dishes out same old ‘Thing'
By DAVID GERMAIN
AP Movie Writer
AP Movie Writer
“The Thing,” a prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 monster movie of the same name, lives up to its generic title.
It delivers a repetitive assault of gross creature effects and action done far better in Carpenter's version, the first two “Alien” films and a lot of other flicks about entities that feed on pitiful earthlings.
| THE THING |
 Director: Matthijs van Heijningen Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen, Joel Edgerton, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Rating: R Running time: 103 minutes |
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