Alien, Apocalypse Now, and All That Jazz are all among the very best movies of 1979 that can be called masterpieces.

For nearly five decades, Steven Spielberg has helped define what alien stories mean to movie audiences. Sometimes they arrive as cosmic miracles. Sometimes as existential threats. Sometimes as ...

Patriots coach Mike Vrabel and his players have rallied around the 1979 movie "The Warriors" this season. Illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic; Danielle Parhizkaran, Cooper Neill, Silver Screen ...

Part of what makes some classics worthy of such a title is the ingenuity and borderline movie magic they employ to tell their story. In the case of "Alien," for example, director Ridley Scott used ...

It's a big universe out there, and while we're all for exploring it, a specific subgenre of science fiction movies has hinted that it might be a bad idea. Alien invasion movies have come in droves ...

James Cameron’s 1986 film Aliens wasn’t just a smash; it set the series up for continued success. In addition to outgrossing the 1979 Ridley Scott classic, the ending gave the franchise a great place ...

The first trailer for legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg’s next movie, Disclosure Day, is here, and it’s unlike many of his recent projects. The famous director is returning to the world of UFOs and ...

Steven Spielberg’s new UFO movie has reignited speculation within the alien conspiracy theory community, especially after cryptic billboards teasing the upcoming film popped up across the country this ...

Sigourney Weaver has given an update regarding her return to the Alien franchise. Weaver is known for playing Ellen Ripley in the Alien franchise, with the character having appeared in 1979’s Alien, ...

The Alien universe has grown since our last log in 2023, and Nerdist’s Adam Murray is returning from his hypersleep chamber to bring you a new and expanded version of this sci-fi horror timeline.