The first trailer for Alien: Covenant, the sequel to 2012’s Prometheus and second prequel to 1979’s Alien was, essentially, a two-minute bloodbath. For those disappointed by Prometheus’s focus on the ...

Ridley Scott slickly blends familiar themes from the series for this new prequel, but clunky dialogue takes the edge off the action Eleven years have passed since the ill-fated Prometheus mission. And ...

‘Man in his arrogance,’ wrote the astronomer Carl Sagan, quoting Darwin, ‘thinks himself a great work, worthy of the interposition of a deity. More humble, and, I think, truer to consider himself ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter A new chapter, Alien: Covenant, has arrived as the grand unifier. And the result is one mightily impressive piece of cinematic ...

A sequel to the prequel, this Alien instalment sees the return of Michael Fassbender in dual roles. It’s a long, flat, no-frills journey which struggles to engage despite its bloody shocks. Shot ...