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 ...

In 1979, Sigourney Weaver, then a relative unknown, became a huge star thanks to her breakout performance as Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott's Alien. In a world dominated by male heroes, Ripley was a ...

In space, no one can hear you scream. The movie theater is a different story. The spine-chilling sci-fi horror franchise “Alien” returns this week with “Alien: Romulus,” featuring a new crew of young, ...

Sigourney Weaver is an acting legend who's been making movies for half a decade; but no matter what she does, she will always be most remembered for her role as Ellen Ripley in the first four Alien ...

Contains discussion of sexual assault. Alien 3 is the second sequel to Ridley Scott's genre-changing space horror, Alien, but, thanks to a succession of baffling missteps, the movie failed to live up ...

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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 ...

With “Alien: Romulus” hitting theaters, the 45-year-old series is getting a new jolt of life. How does the latest film stack up against its predecessors? By Elisabeth Vincentelli Just like the space ...

Episode 5, however, flips the script by showing us that Morrow isn’t the villain; he’s just as doomed and complicated as everyone else on the series. Not only that, it does this by turning him into ...

Ellen Ripley was born on January 7th, 2092, at the Olympia colony on Luna. She was recruited to the Weyland-Yutani Horizon Beyond officer training program in 2115. She went on to complete her officer ...