With sequels, reboots, and tonal shifts plaguing both franchises, things felt disconnected, leaving audiences divided about ...

Right off the bat, Thia and the other androids, or synths as they're called in the film, provide the most obvious link to the Alien franchise. We learn they were sent to this planet by their makers, ...

Now, the new film Predator: Badlands is getting attention for its prominent use of Weyland-Yutani, the organization that has been a major part of the Alien franchise ...

The new Predator movie that hit theaters a few weeks ago has been performing well at the box office, but it still trails one of the recent hits from a rival franchise. After three full weekends and a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Per the film’s official summary, Predator: Badlands “is set in the future on a remote planet, ...

If you don’t know it already Google “original Predator design” and take a gander at the results. You’re looking for the thing that looks like a cross between a giant cockroach and a cheap lawn ...

There's this funny fad in Hollywood of turning iconic villains into sympathetic — or even heroic — figures. "Wicked" turned the evil Wicked Witch of the West of "The Wizard of Oz" into a misunderstood ...

As far as sci-fi horror goes, few names carry more weight than 20th Century Studios' legendary Alien franchise. Since ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook When 1979 audiences met Ash in Alien, a synthetic crew member on a spaceship felt like an idea ...