That much-pondered trailer seemed to suggest that, after the indifferently received Prometheus, Ridley Scott had gone back to basics for the latest Alien film. Scott has cast his film effectively.

Believe it or not, the Alien franchise is almost 40 years old. With the May, 19th release of Alien: Covenant, the franchise now has six films total (no, the AVP films do not count), the four ...

The colony ship Covenant is headed for Origae-6, a distant planet where 2,000 men and women will begin a new life. A freak accident causes the crew to awaken early from hypersleep and with the ship ...

Movies about disasters—natural or human-made—have been produced since the earliest days of film. As early as 1916, a disaster with an extraterrestrial cause was touted in The End of the World, a ...