There's something undeniably special about alien movies. In the hands of the right writers and directors, these genre films are the perfect canvases for portraits of humanity, evolution, and morality.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Hughes is an entertainment writer covering cinema and genre TV. Filmmaker Fede Álvarez’s anxiously awaited legacy sequel ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Alien: Romulus chronicles the harrowing plight of a group of young mining colonists who take ...

Cailee Spaeny as Rain Carradine in "Alien: Romulus" (20th Century Studios) After a steady takeoff in May with “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” Disney has been flying high at the box office as the ...

“Alien: Romulus” is here, and the movie – about a group of young people (Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn and Aileen Wu) who travel to a derelict space station, ...

"Alien," that most exalted and respected of all science fiction films, celebrates its 45th birthday today and as one of the most mulled over cinematic experiences in ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Romulus shares a lot of DNA with the original Alien, taking the series back to its horror roots ...

David Bowie as Thomas Jerome Newton in 'The Man Who Fell to Earth'; a Xenomorph in 'Aliens'; Scarlett Johansson as the Female in 'Under the Skin' A casual viewer might assume that if you've seen one ...

A casual viewer might assume that if you've seen one alien movie, you've seen them all. But that couldn't be further from the truth, as filmmakers throughout cinematic history have used these ...