The Other Mommy star ranked her favorite horror-film Mothers — and Sigourney Weaver's iconic character slayed the competition.

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 ...

The Alien franchise has made some interesting pivots in recent years. Ridley Scott's prequel films have largely been abandoned, Alien: Romulus attempted to bridge the gap between the first and second ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A female-led action blockbuster seemed inevitable, it would just be a matter of who got there first. And, perhaps unsurprisingly, ...

In space, no one can hear you scream. The movie theater is a different story. The spine-chilling sci-fi horror franchise “Alien” returns this week with “Alien: Romulus,” featuring a new crew of young, ...

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.

So far, Alien: Earth is only tangentially linked to Ridley Scott's original movie, but Wendy just might be an early prototype ...

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Alien: Romulus. The Alien franchise is synonymous with Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and it's not hard to see why. In many ways, she was the ...

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.

Oliver has long been a lover of both video games and TV and movies since first popping into the world. He's been a freelance writer for over 15 years and has covered sports, entertainment and video ...

Alien fans have one love above all others, and it is Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley. The hero of the franchise, often imitated but never duplicated, was last seen in the terrible Alien: Resurrection ...