The last two decades have been pretty rough for the Xenomorph. After being reduced to little more than a theme park attraction in Aliens vs Predator (and its sequel), before Ridley Scott returned to ...

Fede Álvarez’s “Alien: Romulus” is in theaters right now! The film’s big standouts are Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson, who lead a stellar cast including Isabela Merced, Archie Renaux, Spike Fearn and ...

The beauty of the “Alien” franchise is that it has always allowed room for distinctive filmmakers to play with their own aesthetics and themes. Ridley Scott’s taut, philosophical space-thriller “Alien ...

Assessing the merits of an “Alien” film requires some unique and sometimes very personal calculus. Even given the equal and undeniable artistic and commercial ...

From 1979's 'Alien' to 2024 with 'Alien: Romulus,' here's a ranking of the nine movies in the franchise. By Richard Newby “In space, no one can hear you scream.” ...

The seventh installment of the series centers on Rain (Cailee Spaeny), a contract worker in an outer-space mining colony, and her friend Andy (David Jonsson), an android. By Manohla Dargis When you ...

Ridley Scott is opening up about whether or not he’ll ever do another Alien movie. Scott directed Alien in 1979. While that was followed by a handful of sequels, Scott didn’t direct another entry in ...

What started out as a simple monster movie in space -- Ridley Scott's 1979 Alien -- has in the decades since seen burst from its chest, if you will, an entire franchise of seemingly unstoppable, ...

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