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 ...

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 ...

Warning: Spoilers for Alien: Romulus may lie ahead. With Alien: Romulus set to receive a sequel after convincing most critics and fans, co-writer and director Fede Álvarez has been spending a lot of ...

Despite the Alien franchise having three upcoming movies and TV shows, none of them really have the means to bring back Sigourney Weaver's iconic Ellen Ripley. Ellen Ripley is one of the best ...

Since its initial announcement in 2022, Alien: Romulus had fans all asking the same question: Will Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley be part of the latest installment in the franchise? However, it was ...

When Sigourney Weaver first brought Ellen Ripley to life in 1979’s Alien, she redefined what a hero in science fiction could be: resourceful, resilient, and human, even in the face of monsters beyond ...

Ridley Scott is one of our greatest directors, and with the success of Gladiator II, he is still going strong well into his 80s. Scott has created countless masterpieces, but for many, it's 1979's ...

The following is a third act summary for 1992s Alien 3, directed by David Fincher. A plan was then formed between Ripley and the weaponless inmates of Fury 161: to trap the Runner in a nuclear waste ...

One thing that makes Alien: Isolation such a uniquely tense experience is that it feels so personal thanks to its protagonist, Amanda Ripley, being the daughter of Ellen Ripley, the beloved hero of ...