Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Hughes is an entertainment writer covering cinema and genre TV. Filmmaker Fede Álvarez’s anxiously awaited legacy sequel ...

There’s a dark joke (or tragic irony, depending on one’s cynicism) nestled within the appearance of a familiar character in “Alien: Romulus.” The move is a dubious creative decision for the sake of ...

There’s now a contradiction built into the very idea of a new “Alien” sequel. “Alien: Romulus” is the seventh entry in the franchise, and each time we line up for another one of them, even when it’s ...