Forty-five years after “Alien” launched horror into space, little hasn’t been analyzed about its hissing xenomorphs, face-huggers or the lingering untrustworthiness of “synthetic persons.” These ...

Fede Alvarez’s “Alien: Romulus” is as shallow as it is thrilling. While previous “Alien” films — both classic and reviled — ponder the mythos of creation, “Romulus” takes audiences on a blood-soaked ...

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The rich irony at the heart of the storied “Alien” franchise is that at the core of these encounters with the monstrous animal is a question of what, in fact, makes us truly human. The grand twist of ...