Case in point: James Cameron’s Aliens took a sharp turn from Ridley Scott’s original film, changing the tone from a sci-fi/horror nightmare to an action-horror thrill ride. Cameron was clearly ...

For years, Alien films have been getting made ever since the 1979 original captivated audiences. For a little while, the Alien films were a sort of sacred and special thing, especially in the late ...

Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) upheld the grand tradition of quotable one-liners in 80s action movies at the climax of Aliens. Near the end of the movie, the queen of a massive xenomorph colony is ...

It may just have been the acoustics at this particular screening, but for the first 20 minutes or so it was hard at times to follow the expository dialogue. Establishing the characters, backstories, ...