Ridley Scott's latest entry in the franchise is a step up from his last, but he's still overthinking things.

I enjoyed Prometheus. While the film is premium camp, it adds thought-provoking context to the Alien franchise. Alien: Covenant is entertaining, exciting...

Ridley Scott has recaptured an element that was largely missing from “Prometheus,” his 2012 reboot of his 1979 classic “Alien” — the new movie’s ...

Ridley Scott’s fantastic new Alien prequel brings clarity to the whole “why should I care about these people?” question. Maybe people aren’t the thin...

When the first “Alien” came out in 1979, promising and delivering screams in space that no one could hear, more than a few critics and regular humans cal...

★★★★☆ Hide. Pray. Run. The ad campaign for Alien: Covenant enforced the strict message that it’s much closer in spirit and tone to Ridley...

‘Alien: Covenant’ review Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston star in disappointing Ridley Scott sequel to ‘Prometheus’

In 2017, no one can hear you scream for an existential sci-fi thriller.

Follow-up to 2012’s ‘Prometheus’ never builds a strong case for its existence

Read the Empire Movie review of Alien: Covenant. An upgrade from Prometheus, Alien: Covenant amps up the thrills but doesn't deliver a memorable...

Ridley Scott follows up 'Promtheus' with a movie much more likely to please old-school fans.

We forge complicated relationships with the filmmakers we love, particularly those who work in genre, when it comes to matters of ambition and repetition. It...

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Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston and Billy Crudup lead the ensemble of 'Alien: Covenant,' Ridley Scott's second installment in the 'Alien' prequel ser...

There's plenty to appreciate about this followup to "Prometheus," but little that fans of the series haven't seen before.

Early on in “Alien: Covenant,” before any spleens have ruptured or any Xenomorphs have reared their hideous heads, a large ship glides through outer spac...

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Taking back the franchise he created, it falls to Scott, to bring the series back to horror of the goriest variety.

In space, no one can hear you laugh. Ridley Scott’s outer-space sequel is deadly serious, but its attempts at revelations provoke guffaws from the viewer.

Ridley Scott can’t recapture what made the early “Alien” films so unsettling.

Michael Fassbender doubles down as two “synthetics” (aka androids) in director Ridley Scott’s follow-up to his 2012 film “Prometheus.” Anyone still...

It’s Fassbender versus Fassbender in the new “Alien” movie, a shivery return to old-school space horror for director Ridley Scott. While not as masterf...

The new entry in Ridley Scott’s long-lived franchise is committed to the canny management of expectations, but that doesn’t diminish its creepiness.

‘Alien: Covenant’ is made up of rather conventional Lego blocks of sci-fi horror.

The franchise is gorier (and more homoerotically charged!) than ever

When Ridley Scott released Prometheus five years ago, his stated intention was to explore anew story in the Alien universe. Hehad limited enthusiasm for cont...

This is the third best Alien movie after the first two, but don’t be surprised if repeat viewings kick it up a notch. 

'Alien: Covenant' is smart, scary as hell and pure Ridley Scott – Peter Travers on why this new sci-fi thriller is the third best movie in the series.

Ridley Scott returns to the franchise that made him a top director. But can he recapture the magic?

A sequel to the prequel, this Alien instalment sees the return of Michael Fassbender in dual roles.

In the first of our Alien Covenant reviews, we present a positive take – Ridley Scott's new film has a lot on its mind while delivering the violent goods.

In 2012, Ridley Scott puzzled viewers with Prometheus, a sideways prequel to Alien posing grandiose questions of sci-fi creationism without answers. Or as mu...

Ridley Scott's latest movie wisely focuses on extraterrestrial suspense, not windy philosophizing.

The numerous financial forces that conspired to put Alien: Covenant on thousands and thousands of screens the world over have ensured that their investment w...

Alien: Covenant is Ridley Scott’s latest, bloody stab at carving out some fresh material from a decades-old franchise. But when it focuses on Michael Fassb...

You can be skeptical all you want: director Ridley Scott has a game plan and he’s digging his heels into the playbook he designed. After the critical dress...

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Ridley Scott keeps his alien attacks as gross-scary-suspenseful as ever, but none of the dialogue scenes are nearly as compelling

'Alien: Covenant' is reasonably entertaining, even if it slips off course after its opening section

Michael Fassbender lends a needed soul as twin androids in the new sci-fi horror film.

Ridley Scott's official return to the 'Alien' franchise is essentially a 'Prometheus' sequel with Aliens in it.

But there’s still some Fassbender-on-Fassbender action.

The dialogue is often clunky and the plot repetitious. But it’s scary and splatterful, which is all it really needs to be.

Alien: Covenant goes the mainstream creature-feature route with vigor, even if story elements are overcomplicated and too hellbent on franchise tie-ins.

The Alien franchise has always been battleground for the philosophical and physical tussles for dominance between human, alien and artificial intelligence. W...