The timeline of the Alien film franchise is, to put it mildly, a bit wild. And a lot of it is contradictory. (Although we must say, it’s still not as all over the place as the Halloween franchise.) ...

One of the most famous tag lines in cinema history came from Ridley Scott’s original Alien from 1979. It went “In space, no one can hear you scream.” This tagline has been mimicked and parodied ...

FX's new series Alien: Earth opens with a scene familiar to any fans of the storied science fiction horror film franchise: A crew of dysfunctional, blue-collar workers waking from extended hibernation ...

Watching the movies and show in chronological order isn't the same as watching them in order of their release date Nothing is as it seems in the Alien universe — including its fictional timeline. For ...

The Xenomorph from the Alien film franchise is one of the coolest, most nefarious movie monsters ever hatched, with its acid blood, mouths-within-mouths, and diabolical claws. It pretty much ...

Nobody pleaded that "Fargo," that 1996 cinematic gem from Joel and Ethan Coen, should be made into a TV series. And yet writer and director Noah Hawley has (so far) delivered five seasons and an award ...

Unlike Star Wars, which takes place a long time ago in a galaxy far away, the Alien movies have always been a glimpse into humanity's distant-but-imaginable future. Putting aside the non-canon Alien ...

Our humble home planet has always had an important role to play in the Alien franchise. It’s where Ellen Ripley spent much of her life, where the Weyland-Yutani Corporation is headquartered, and the ...

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