USA, — The “Alien” films, seven entries deep now (or nine, if you count the schlocky “Alien vs. Predator” crossovers) amount to a franchise all franchises should aspire to be in their dexterity.

One of the very first narrative films, Georges Méliès's "A Trip to the Moon," is about aliens. Sure, everyone remembers that shot of a rocket ship crashing into the eye of the man in the moon, but as ...

There's nothing in Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi horror classic Alien to suggest the beginning of a sprawling intergalactic saga, but the Alien franchise has proven surprisingly consistent and rewarding ...

George Dvorsky explores some of the most plausible scenarios for alien civilizations based on what we know about life and the Universe—which is not a lot, but ...