As the peerless "Aliens" turns 40, here are 26 reasons it's still the greatest sci-fi action movie of all time.

Did you know that its most famous line was improvised?

These largely-forgotten monster movies may not have birthed the next Godzilla, but they're nevertheless fun creature features ...

The final trailer for Steven Spielberg‘s Disclosure Day has given fans a new look at its aliens. The upcoming sci-fi film has shrouded its alien creatures in mystery until now. The film’s cryptic ...

Legacy Effects' Oscar-nominated duo Shane Mahan and Lindsay MacGowan share tales from the trenches of 1986's 'Aliens' ...

Erik Hawkins is an award-winning writer and editor who's been obsessed with cinema since he was old enough to hold Roger Ebert's Video Home Companion in his hands. He lives in NYC, where he rabidly ...

Steven Spielberg knows aliens. Though he hasn't made as many UFO-centric movies as you might assume (he's made more movies about WWII than he has about extraterrestrials), the director behind Close ...

Steven Spielberg might be best known for "Jaws" and "Jurassic Park", but it's aliens where Spielberg seems to keep returning. Despite a huge roster of movies, "E.T". and "Close Encounters of the Third ...

When director Ridley Scott introduced audiences to the Nostromo in 1979’s Alien, he created one of the most enduring horror and sci-fi franchises by merging the cold isolation of deep space with the ...

Originally conceived in the 1980s as a high-concept sci-fi film of ideas crossed with a police procedural, 1995's Specieseventually took shape as a cheesy and sleazy erotic thriller crossed with a ...