War of the Worlds is a vicious alien-invasion movie from Steven Spielberg that's worlds away from his most recent release, ...

These wildly different films explore the wondrous, and sometimes terrifying possibilities of contacting extra-terrestrial ...

As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

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 ...

Spielberg has graced the silver screen with countless creative alien species in his career, and some have shown to be more ...

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

A look at 10 of the greatest alien sci-fi movies, from Ridley Scott's Alien to Denis Villeneuve's Arrival, none by Steven ...

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 ...

There's a lot of hype surrounding Fede Álvarez's upcoming Alien: Romulus, and for good reason. The standalone Alien movie seems to be taking the franchise to its Ridley Scott roots by returning to the ...

Alien: Romulus is the latest entry in 20th Century's 45-year-old sci-fi/horror series. Romulus, set between the first two Alien movies, comes from writer-director Fede Alvarez, who previously wrote ...