There's one character in theAlienfilms whose name is near-synonymous with the franchise—Ellen Ripley. Since the late-70s, Sigourney Weaver's formidable Xenomorph-brawling heroine has cemented herself ...

The Alien franchise is one of the most iconic and enduring in all of sci-fi cinema, even if not every entry is a classic. The original Ridley Scott movie was essentially greenlit only because the ...

In space, no one can hear you scream, but they can sure hear you scratching your head as you try to make sense of the sprawling “Alien” universe. While Ridley Scott’s 1979 haunted-house-in-the-cosmos ...