The setting: a seemingly abandoned planet. The crew: the Covenant, a colony ship on their way to a new world, but who’ve spotted an even newer world along the way. The year: 2104, just after lunch.

The first ‘Alien: Covenant’ reviews are in and it sounds as though it’s an improvement on ‘Prometheus’. In space, nobody can hear you scream but when it comes to movie opinions, you don’t have to look ...

With Alien: Romulus currently performing well in UK cinemas, many film fans have been revisiting the earlier films in the franchise – from Ridley Scott's iconic original and James Cameron's epic ...

THERE is such an ocean of gloop in Ridley Scott’s sequel to Prometheus one is tempted to advise the wearing of a wet-suit to the cinema. The many-toothed monsters have always been prone to a bad case ...

With Alien: Romulus hitting our screens soon, it is as good a time as any to cast a discerning eye over the history of this at times breath-taking and always fascinating franchise and remind ourselves ...