With Women Of Action, Caroline Siede digs into the history of women-driven action movies to explore what these stories say about gender and how depictions of female action heroes have evolved over ...

Ellen Ripley is the best action heroine of all time, without question. Just look at two of the most iconic images of Ripley. One finds her cradling Newt (Carrie Henn), the survivor of a xenomorph ...

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, ...

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 ...

Ellen Ripley's emotional journey in Aliens is deepened by her connection to Newt and the tragedy of her lost daughter, Amanda. The deleted scene involving Ripley's promise to her daughter adds a layer ...

They say that in space, no one can hear you scream. That’s not the case for Fede Álvarez’s Alien: Romulus, which brought the dormant Alien franchise out of hypersleep and scored an impressive $350.9 ...

Warning! This article contains SPOILERS for Alien: Earth season 1, episode 5.Even though the human-synthetic hybrid Wendy seems like Alien: Earth's version of Ellen Ripley, it's actually a much more ...

With everything going on in the Alien universe, one character we all assumed to be safely retired was Ellen Ripley. Sigourney Weaver’s iconic character and star of the franchise’s first four movies ...