Quick questions first. Will the ninth addition to the Alien franchise satisfy sci-fi supergeek fans? Maybe not. Is there anything new in this? Not a whole load. Is it any good? Holy hell, yeah! New ...

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 ...

When Noah Hawley turned “Fargo” into a TV series, he approached the beloved Coen brothers’ film as a “state of mind” — a familiar world to play in, rather than a specific story to retell. With “Alien: ...

Since the first two films in the 1980s, the sci-fi horror series has been a very mixed bag. But this latest gets back to basics, and makes for a superbly scary monster movie. There have already been ...

The questions of whether we are alone in the universe is one at the heart of sci-fi. The question of who we are if we are not solely God’s creatures... does that mean there’s no God? Only lonely ...

The rich irony at the heart of the storied “Alien” franchise is that at the core of these encounters with the monstrous animal is a question of what, in fact, makes us truly human. The grand twist of ...

The ever-impressive Cailee Spaeny heads a cast of fresh-faced alien fodder in Fede Álvarez’s propulsive sci-fi horror, which favours horror over storyline The DNA of the earliest Alien films is etched ...

21:49, Wed, Aug 13, 2025 Updated: 21:54, Wed, Aug 13, 2025 Alien: Earth has finally landed with the first two episodes now available on Disney+ - or FX on Hulu for those across the pond - and fans of ...

17:31, Wed, Aug 13, 2025 Updated: 21:20, Wed, Aug 13, 2025 A prequel to the legendary Alien franchise is set to launch today. Alien: Earth, set in 2120, takes place two years prior to the events of ...

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 ...

Noah Hawley talks about creating Alien: Earth which is reviewed along with the Rom-Com Materialists and the posthumously published final collection of poems by John Burnside. Show more Noah Hawley ...