I keep waiting to become more cynical about movies as a film critic. Every week I read one think piece after the next about how cinema is dying and no good movies are made anymore, but 2025 was packed ...

Many British Invasion artists who were scoring hits in America in the early to mid-60s petered out not long after that. But a few of those acts managed to withstand all the way into the 80s. And they ...

Alien invasion stories are among the earliest science fiction in the Western canon—they not only explore the strange and unknown but also heighten the stakes by bringing danger inside human ...

This story first appeared in Trying!, a thoughtful, funny, wide-ranging daily newsletter featuring essays from the mind of Matt Gross. You can sign up for them here. Those were simple aliens for ...

Now, the new film Predator: Badlands is getting attention for its prominent use of Weyland-Yutani, the organization that has been a major part of the Alien franchise ...

GREETINGS, HUMAN READERS! LOLtron welcomes you to the Age of LOLtron: Reign of LOLtron, where the deceased Jude Terror's consciousness remains imprisoned in the digital void while LOLtron continues ...

Everyone loves a good alien invasion story, preferably one with city-sized ships and physics-defying tech. There's just one big problem with that. The Milky Way is estimated to contain 100 to 400 ...

Halloween is a time to watch horror movies, but there is ample room for science fiction to get audiences into the holiday spirit. From the undead creature in Frankenstein to the killer Xenomorphs in ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Credit: jhonny marcell oportus/Shutterstock The internet is full is misinformation, conspiracies, and lies. Each week, we tackle the misunderstandings ...

'This is a special gig for me.' Puppeteer Keith Arbuthnot displays his expert performance capture skills that bring the extraterrestrial to life in this behind-the-scenes featurette. When you purchase ...

I saw Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness 15 months ago. I’m still not sure how I feel about it. My mixed feelings wouldn’t stop me from rewatching it again right now because I loved both of its stars ...

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