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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 ...

The first two episodes of Alien: Earth premiere Tuesday, August 12 on Hulu and FX. Alien: Earth is the latest entry into the long running franchise that all at once pays homage to its source material ...

An alien spacecraft crashes in the desert, and it’s your job, as a top-secret surgeon, to perform an autopsy on it in order to learn about its extraterrestrial anatomy. If you lack a steady hand and ...

Cailee Spaeny stars in the seventh entry in the franchise, directed by Fede Álvarez as a nerve-jangling greatest-hits throwback. It works. So when I say that “Alien: Romulus” is one of the best “Alien ...

There's a lot of hype surrounding Fede Álvarez's upcoming Alien: Romulus, and for good reason. The standalone Alien movie seems to be taking the franchise to its Ridley Scott roots by returning to the ...

In what is widely expected to be a down year for theatrical business, including a smaller release slate absent multiple top-tier franchise summer releases, studios and cineplexes are filling gaps with ...

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 ...

In a peaceful city, monsters and aliens starts to show up and invade. Become a member of alien busters and eliminate countless aliens. To clear the stage, you must destroy aliens' base and kill the ...