David Crow: For more years than I’d care to remember, I’ve heard science fiction fans and genre aficionados say James Cameron’s Aliens is one of the rare sequels that is better than the original. That ...

Alien: Romulus bursts its way into cinemas on Friday (August 16), the ninth film in the sci-fi/horror franchise – but how should newcomers tackle the xenomorph world in order? Read on for the ...

The 46-year history of this series has plenty of highs, but its fair share of lows too. There have been amazing movies throughout the franchise, but also some massive missteps. It remains to be seen ...

It's fair to call Alien: Romulus a success. The new take on the sci-fi horror franchise cleaned up at the box office in its opening weekend, Fede Álvarez's gory space movie was one of the hits of the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Are we alone in the universe? It's a huge question with no easy answer. And, following on from that, if we aren't alone, what would beings ...

A new film in the Alien franchise is always likely to bring a mixture of anticipation and caution. Ever since the series began with two bonafide masterpieces in Ridley Scott's Alien (1979) and James ...

Don’t expect a straightforward timeline, because continuity is a mess with the Alien and Predator timelines (even if, as in this list, you choose to ignore tie-in comics, novels, and games). Predator: ...

As we look out into the great black emptiness of space, we are reminded of the question posed by the Italian physicist, Enrico Fermi- “Where is everybody?” Is life as we understand it a freak chemical ...