There is a lot that’s new in this seventh instalment, but the final act turns into a Ripley-off of better moments from earlier movies You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in ...

“In space, no one can hear you scream,” went the tagline for the original “Alien” in 1979, a terrifying thought on multiple levels. There may indeed be a scientific rationale for a space scream to be ...

Because American pop culture in general and Hollywood in particular like to inflate their properties to epic, endlessly profitable proportions, we forget what a slim and elegant piece of work Ridley ...

For years, Alien films have been getting made ever since the 1979 original captivated audiences. For a little while, the Alien films were a sort of sacred and special thing, especially in the late ...

The 1979 movie Alien was part deep-space monster movie, part dystopian extrapolation of the era's economic concerns. The movie's main antagonist was a chest-bursting alien with acid for blood, but an ...