Six episodes of Alien: Earth watched for this spoiler-free review. Alien is a long-running sci-fi franchise that, arguably, only has two good entries in its entire canon: Ridley Scott's ...

It doesn’t take long for the monsters to appear in the new series “Alien: Earth.” In fact, they’re the same ones that first started terrorizing Sigourney Weaver when the “Alien” franchise began in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about TV shows, movies, video games, entertainment & culture. First of all, no, Alien: Earth is not a nature documentary.

I’m of the firm belief that you can never have enough video games based on the humble ol’ Xenomorph. While it’s true that the batting average for such adaptations has been all over the place, with the ...

The "Alien" franchise does not, at first glance, feel like the kind of thing suited for the longform storytelling of television. It's a world whose greatest successes are built on high-concept hooks, ...

For those uninitiated, the Alien film franchise (starting with 1979's Alien) centers on humans trying to survive an encounter with a fearsome alien species that is a certified killing machine, with ...

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The first two episodes of Alien: Earth premiere Tuesday, August 12 on Hulu and FX. Alien: Earth is the latest entry into the long running franchise that all at once pays homage to its source material ...