Ridley Scott's inimitable 1979 sci-fi thriller, Alien, expertly ratchets up the tension by not having the titular alien show up on screen until roughly an hour into the film. Following in Scott's ...

Case in point: James Cameron’s Aliens took a sharp turn from Ridley Scott’s original film, changing the tone from a sci-fi/horror nightmare to an action-horror thrill ride. Cameron was clearly ...

“‘Aliens – Xenomorph’ is a digital illustration created as the final project for my Editorial Illustration class at Pratt SCPS this past summer. The piece takes the form of a movie review, reimagining ...

The Xenomorph from the Alien franchise is having quite the comeback lately. First, in last year’s surprisingly good Alien: Romulus, then in this year’s Alien: Earth. So it’s no surprise that one-man ...

Ever since the release of the original Ridley Scott-directed 1979 film, Alien has felt like an expansive universe full of potential. Even before it was a franchise in its own right, even just that ...

Sigourney Weaver's Alien character is still one of the most beloved characters in sci-fi cinematic history, but a scene from her franchise debut shows she's just as fallible as anyone else. Ripley is ...

Alien: Earth dared to do something no other chapter in the franchise had fully embraced: it let the Xenomorphs speak. Not just hiss, but communicate. At the center of this leap is Wendy, played by ...

For nearly 50 years, the “Alien” franchise has terrified, thrilled, and fascinated audiences. It all began in 1979 with Ridley Scott’s “Alien,” a claustrophobic horror masterpiece that introduced ...

SPOILER ALERT! This story contains details from the season 1 finale of Alien: Earth on FX. Noah Hawley’s ambitious contribution to the Alien franchise wrapped its first season on FX by delivering ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...