With Alien Covenant out in cinemas Christopher Machell looks back at HR Giger's greatest creation and analyses exactly what it is that gives it its ferocious and lasting power A deleted scene, ...

When the final credits rolled on Ridley Scott’s Prometheus in 2012, the cloying sensation was not of wondrous, terrifying stories still to be told, but of writers having just painted themselves into a ...

‘Alien: Covenant’ hit cinemas across the galaxy this weekend and fans are already dissecting the latest instalment of the sci-fi series with space laser precision. With many plot strands left dangling ...

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 ...

Even though we know what to expect long before it arrives, Ridley Scott's latest return to the Alien franchise does have its skin-deep pleasures If just thinking about Michael Fassbender makes you ...

Alien: Covenant is a return to the style of first film, but was it the Alien film we've been waiting for? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Neil Blomkamp and Sigourney Weaver aren’t the only ones making headlines with new revelations about the Alien series. The first official picture from Prometheus sequel Alien: Covenant has been posted ...

Alien: Covenant is like that annoying friend who insists on answering a question with another question. Ridley Scott’s 2012 Alien prequel Prometheus left its follow-up with roughly 2,352 unresolved ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Ridley Scott's return to directing a film in the Alien franchise has received mixed reviews ahead of its UK and US release. Alien: Covenant, which is out in the UK on Friday, is the sequel to Scott's ...

2109. En route to Origae-6 to start a new colony, the crew of USCSS Covenant, tempted by a seemingly rogue transmission, opt for a closer, seemingly equally hospitable planet. Only terraforming ...

It goes without saying that Prometheus is not a perfect movie. Underwritten, overthought, and lacking in a certain human element, it had plenty of flaws to go around. But that effort also contained a ...