Assessing the merits of an “Alien” film requires some unique and sometimes very personal calculus. Even given the equal and undeniable artistic and commercial ...

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 franchise and the anticipated sequel to 2017’s Alien: Covenant.

What started out as a simple monster movie in space -- Ridley Scott's 1979 Alien -- has in the decades since seen burst from its chest, if you will, an entire franchise of seemingly unstoppable, acid-bleeding, double-jaw chomping xenomorphs. And now, with ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. More than four decades after director Ridley Scott began the "Alien" franchise with the classic 1979 film starring Sigourney Weaver, we're still being treated ...

The experience is called Alien: Covenant in Utero and it's a short VR experience launching on the Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR on Wednesday. That day, April 26, also happens to be "Alien Day" -- a reference to planet LV-426, from the original Alien film.