Hollywood makes initiating alien contact seem much easier than it has proven to be. In E.T. the Extraterrestrial, E.T. got ...

Xenomorphs, space nomads and E.T. have solidified themselves into the canon of alien movies prominent in popular culture. With the latest film in the Alien franchise: Alien: Romulus out in theaters ...

Left to Right: Steven Yeun in "Nope," the alien in Steven Spielberg's "E.T." and Scarlett Johansson in "Under the Skin" (Universal Pictures / A24) It didn’t take long for stories about ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica is an entertainment reporter covering TV, film, and music. The sci-fi thriller is the ninth installment in the Alien ...

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination with extraterrestrials.

Alien: Earth showrunner Noah Hawley clearly didn’t think the franchise was doing enough with the implications of its title. Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979) imagined the kind of nightmare lifeforms that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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