There's nothing in Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi horror classic Alien to suggest the beginning of a sprawling intergalactic saga, but the Alien franchise has proven surprisingly consistent and rewarding over the past several decades. Never before has it been ...

It is not the least of this world’s wonders that it’s been nearly half a century since Ellen Ripley, in the person of Sigourney Weaver, sent the Alien, in the person of a person in an Alien suit, hurtling into space — that place where, according to ...

The xenomorph from the Alien franchise is one of the most legendary creatures in cinema history. Now it’s the star of FX’s series Alien: Earth too. Many filmmakers have put xenomorphs on screen and many composers have written music for them. Alien ...

At their core, most of the Alien movies are about corporate greed. The lengths a company, mainly Weyland-Yutani, will go to harness and exploit a power from the deepest reaches of space. Whether that means sacrificing a whole ship of employees, a platoon ...

Nothing is as it seems in the Alienuniverse — including its fictional timeline. For over 40 years, the Xenomorph has terrorized audiences with seven films, two Alien vs. Predator crossover movies and a show, Alien: Earth. The prequel, which premiered on ...

Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Alien: Earth Episode 6. Noah Hawley's Alien: Earth has done a terrific job of creating something new for fans to latch onto, while still honoring such an iconic past. So far this season, we've been ...

To be clear, these are only problems based on how they’re presented in the first two episodes of Alien: Earth. It’s entirely possible that further episodes will expand upon and make sense of these continuity-busting plot points. For now, though, here ...