A star rating of 4 out of 5. The problem with opening a film franchise with not one but two genuine masterpieces is that most subsequent efforts are going to look rather tame by comparison. That's ...

The Alien franchise has, let’s face it, been struggling for life for decades. Prequels like Prometheus and Alien: Covenant and the much-maligned Alien vs. Predator hybrid films have given us nowhere ...

Since the beginning, every sequel and prequel in the now seven-film Alien franchise—yes, there are only seven movies, those other two monster mashes never happened!—has been at war with itself. And ...

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It’s official – Alien: Romulus is a box office hit. The ninth film in the Alien universe, the Fede Alvarez movie has already met expectations at the global box office and is a hit with long-time fans.

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Alien: Romulus has the capacity for greatness. If you could somehow surgically extract its strongest sequences, you’d see that ...

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This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement. “Evil Dead” director Fede Alvarez takes ...