When James Cameron’s Aliens was released 40 years ago, film critics dismissed it as a dumb blockbuster, a defense of patriarchy, and a reflection of US scorched-earth military policy. They were wrong ...

The Alien franchise's newest replacement for Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley is even more dangerous than a Xenomorph. Across the seven canon Alien movies, there have been several people who act as the ...

With Alien, Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley was already a great screen hero – the unexpected final girl of Ridley Scott’s space-horror, who emerged from the ensemble to become the lone survivor of the ...