Ellen Ripley is the best action heroine of all time, without question. Just look at two of the most iconic images of Ripley. One finds her cradling Newt (Carrie Henn), the survivor of a xenomorph ...

The Alien franchise has vastly expanded since its first movie was released in 1979, exploring numerous different characters ...

Despite squabbling, and their USCMC Lieutenant Scott Gorman recovering from a head injury, the team seal off the Medical Lab and Operations areas of the Main Complex. During this time, Ripley learns ...

After Ripley escapes with her cat, Jonesy, on the Nostromo’s escape ship just before the interstellar cargo freighter explodes, she at first breathes a sigh of relief that the monstrous alien creature ...

A plan was then formed between Ripley and the weaponless inmates of Fury 161: to trap the Runner in a nuclear waste storage tank by igniting the toxic air to force it inside. This plan failed and many ...

In space no one can hear you scream. That iconic tagline introduced "Alien" to audiences in 1979, but since then, "Alien" has become so much more than just a sci-fi horror movie. Fans have gotten ...

Jeff Ewing is a critic, entertainment journalist, interviewer, and screenwriter in LA with a life-long love of horror and film history. He has an M.S. in Sociology from the University of Oregon, and a ...

The release of the latest Alien film (and the post-Olympics absence of basketball) has us thinking back to one of the weirdest moments in the franchise: the time in 1997’s Alien: Resurrection when we ...

In 1979, Sigourney Weaver, then a relative unknown, became a huge star thanks to her breakout performance as Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott's Alien. In a world dominated by male heroes, Ripley was a ...