In 1979, Sigourney Weaver, then a relative unknown, became a huge star thanks to her breakout performance as Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott's Alien. In a world dominated by male heroes, Ripley was a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With Women Of Action, Caroline Siede digs into the history of women-driven action movies to explore what these stories say about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Throughout the entirety of this IP, there has been a strong current of female leads that have built this saga into what it ...

Warning: Spoilers for Alien: Romulus may lie ahead. With Alien: Romulus set to receive a sequel after convincing most critics and fans, co-writer and director Fede Álvarez has been spending a lot of ...

Tom Chapman is a Manchester-based writer with square eyes and a love of a good pun. Raised on a diet of Jurassic Park and Jumanji, this '90s boy had VHS movies flowing in his blood from a young age.

FX's new series Alien: Earth centers on a female character taking on a horde of killer aliens — and so of course, any fan can't help but be reminded of Sigourney Weaver's Ripley in the Alien films.

Ripley gets down to business in Aliens (1986). Photo: Bob Penn/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images When you think of badass sci-fi protagonists, the first face that likely pops into your head is that of ...

The Alien movies are some of the best in action and sci-fi history, but only one entry has a quote that fans still talk about.

The company is releasing sixth-scale replicas of both Ellen Ripley, in all her glorious, Newt-saving best, and the “Alien ...

One unexpected choice in the Alien franchise's best prequel breaks a big rule of spinoffs by shattering franchise continuity, ...