Is it the best in the franchise after the 1979 original and its 1986 sequel?

For nearly 50 years, the “Alien” franchise has terrified, thrilled, and fascinated audiences. It all began in 1979 with Ridley Scott’s “Alien,” a claustrophobic horror masterpiece that introduced ...

It's a big universe out there, and while we're all for exploring it, a specific subgenre of science fiction movies has hinted that it might be a bad idea. Alien invasion movies have come in droves ...

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: ...

It's up to Banks, a mother who has loved and lost, to put her life on the line by reaching out to the extraterrestrials. Are we alone in the universe? It is a question that has preoccupied filmmakers ...

Amy Adams as Louise Banks in the movie "Arrival" by Paramount PicturesJan Thijs “Cautious, yet mystified, Louise takes another bold action: She steps for the boundary. The light from that mist on the ...