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Alex Billington

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Biography:

Alex Billington is the founder and editor of FirstShowing.net, launched in 2006. Based in Berlin, he is always planning his next trip to film festivals around the world. Find Alex @firstshowing.

Publications:
Favorites:

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Hackers, Raiders of the Lost Ark, City of God, Parasite, The Fifth Element, Starship Troopers, The Matrix, V for Vendetta, The Fountain, Monsters Inc, Mad Max Fury Road, Tampopo, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Michael Clayton, Her, Nine Days, Ratatouille

Location:

Colorado Springs, CO

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% 9/10 EDIT “Avatar: Fire and Ash is more emotionally intense, more exciting, more spectacular than The Way of Water. But it doesn't extended all the way out to where it should and it does stumble a few times in getting us to the final battle.” – FirstShowing.net Dec 19, 2025 Full Review Arco (2025) 91% 8/10 EDIT “A fascinating sci-fi fantasy fable about manifesting change and creating a better future through friendship and positivity. It's so beautiful, impressively detailed, and entirely original in an imaginative way...” – FirstShowing.net Nov 14, 2025 Full Review Predator: Badlands (2025) 86% 8.8/10 EDIT “This is exactly why it's refreshing, and honestly quite exciting, to see Trachtenberg try something completely new and take this series in a whole new direction.” – FirstShowing.net Nov 7, 2025 Full Review I'm Not Everything I Want to Be (2024) 100% 9/10 EDIT “I'm Not Everything I Want To Be is an awe-inspiring photographic version of the classic story of how it takes an entire lifetime for an artist to finally be properly recognized.” – FirstShowing.net Nov 4, 2025 Full Review Starman (2025) 8/10 EDIT “I would've happily listened to Gentry Lee go even deeper into theories, ideas, differently possibilities, stories about Sagan or NASA...” – FirstShowing.net Oct 20, 2025 Full Review Primate (2025) 79% 8/10 EDIT “It's really just a fun horror movie concept that succeeds as 89 minute escapism / totally F'ed up genre entertainment.” – FirstShowing.net Oct 20, 2025 Full Review The Furious (2025) 100% 9.8/10 EDIT “While there are plenty of other great action movies this year, none of them have the fight scenes that this movie does, none of them are this level of full-on, go-totally-wild awesome.” – FirstShowing.net Oct 20, 2025 Full Review One Battle After Another (2025) 94% 9.5/10 EDIT “This sprawling, pristine, energetic, visceral modern movie deserves much more careful analysis & deeper intellectual appreciation. Not only entertaining, it's the movie of the moment...” – FirstShowing.net Sep 26, 2025 Full Review The Son and the Sea (2025) 7/10 EDIT “It's a flawed yet fascinating film, a solid feature debut from Cairns. She's got the right eye and does her best to capture this story through her lens.” – FirstShowing.net Sep 22, 2025 Full Review The Long Walk (2025) 88% 9/10 EDIT “They are remarkable together in this. I was wiping away tears by the end. I won't stop thinking about them for a long time...” – FirstShowing.net Sep 12, 2025 Full Review Sacrifice (2025) 38% 7.5/10 EDIT “It's bold, wild, and brash yet still highly entertaining and all-out ambitious in its concept.” – FirstShowing.net Sep 12, 2025 Full Review Kim Novak's Vertigo (2025) 92% 7.5/10 EDIT “This doc may only be enjoyed by die-hard film geeks and Kim Novak fans, but there's still something endearing about watching her open up & speak freely about being a movie star.” – FirstShowing.net Sep 9, 2025 Full Review Dead Man's Wire (2025) 91% 6.5/10 EDIT “Van Sant doesn't try to be preachy and doesn't need to be. Even if the film is a bit rough around the edges, it's a clever story...” – FirstShowing.net Sep 9, 2025 Full Review Bugonia (2025) 88% 8.5/10 EDIT “It's a remarkably fun and fresh new version of this story, with an improved finale and better performances from the cast as they all get lost in the madness of the situation.” – FirstShowing.net Sep 9, 2025 Full Review The Tale of Silyan (2025) 100% 9.5/10 EDIT “This is one film I won't be able to stop raving about. It's a cinematic experience that will leave anyone who watches it changed for the better & completely rejuvenated.” – FirstShowing.net Sep 9, 2025 Full Review Human Resource (2025) 9/10 EDIT “It's extremely dark, yet exceptionally sharp, in its perfectly depicted sly criticism of the what-are-we-even-doing-anymore hell we all live in nowadays.” – FirstShowing.net Sep 7, 2025 Full Review Silent Friend (2025) 100% 9.9/10 EDIT “It's an ambitious cinematic exploration of the idea that plants & trees are sentient, using emotional stories to make it plausible. I'm a believer. After this film, you'll never look at plants & trees the same way again. ” – FirstShowing.net Sep 6, 2025 Full Review A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (2025) 75% 9.5/10 EDIT “This is one of the most intensely thrilling movies of the year.” – FirstShowing.net Sep 2, 2025 Full Review The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) 87% 9.5/10 EDIT “Unquestionably one of the best films of the year - it's extraordinary in every single way...” – FirstShowing.net Sep 1, 2025 Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% 9/10 EDIT “Part creature feature, part emotional exploration of what makes us human, part horror, part love story, it's a mash-up of all of del Toro's favorite things in one spectacular cinematic creation.” – FirstShowing.net Aug 31, 2025 Full Review After the Hunt (2025) 37% 9.5/10 EDIT “The film features an exceptionally dense, philosophically / intellectually complex script that directly address sexual assault denialism. It's also meticulously crafted, entrancing and harrowing to watch.” – FirstShowing.net Aug 30, 2025 Full Review John and the Hole (2020) 60% 9.5/10 EDIT “Masterfully slick, unsettling filmmaking builds this film into something more profound than it seems at first glance. It's one of these films that is going to be endlessly divisive just because it's so ambiguous and creepy.” – FirstShowing.net Aug 23, 2025 Full Review Sketch (2024) 95% 8/10 EDIT “Bring your whole family, but most importantly, take the kids to go see Sketch and let them be inspired and moved and intrigued by it. Not only is it tons of fun – it's the kind of movie that might actually make a real difference in someone's life.” – FirstShowing.net Aug 10, 2025 Full Review Kika (2025) 7/10 EDIT “Ultimately, the film's story is unique and compelling, but also too grandiose and convoluted. This is where the filmmaking makes up for it.” – FirstShowing.net Jul 20, 2025 Full Review The Blue Trail (2025) 100% 8.5/10 EDIT “Similar to the other recent beloved minimalistic story about an older person, Perfect Days, the film is an enchanting tale of rediscovering the magic and joy of the simple things in life no matter how old you are.” – FirstShowing.net Jul 20, 2025 Full Review
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