With an impressive Rotten Tomatoes score and a very divisive cameo, Fede Álvarez's "Alien: Romulus" turned heads and burst chests in 2024 as the latest big-screen addition to the "Alien" franchise.

The movie takes place between Ridley Scott’s first movie, Alien, and James Cameron’s sequel Aliens in the overall timeline. In Álvarez’s vision, an unlucky few are terrorized by unwelcoming facehugger ...

While the Alien franchise has plenty of memorable legacy characters, Alien: Romulus ensured that only one of them needs to return for the next outing. The Alien movies have a messy timeline that can ...