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Alien

Alien is the science-fiction horror film series associated with the xenomorph and the crew of the Nostromo. This entry follows its films, related stories and adaptations.

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Alien: Romulus – Fede Álvarez’s unique vision of scifi horror (film news).

Imagine a universe where each new world promises adventure and mystery, and yet in those distant corners of space, you encounter the unspeakable…

ColonelFrog18 Oct 2023

January 2023

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NewsKit

Hasbro’s Nerf Aliens movie Pulse Rifle is unboxed and modified (video tutorial).

Dan received his NERF LMTD ALIENS M41-A Blaster from Hasbro a few weeks ago. Unboxing that bad boy didn’t disappoint him, but of…

ColonelFrog2 Jan 2023

Precure hands the keys to the villains in Dual Shadow, a 2027 spin-off where the heroines are not Precure (anime news).

Elon Musk’s AI Odyssey arrives seven minutes at a time, and Nolan’s $1.78bn epic needn’t lock the doors just yet (AI film news).

Back Issue #26 February 2006 (magazine review)

Come with me if you want to stream: AI panic is sending viewers back to The Terminator.

Jumanji: Open World (trailer 2): the game has followed us home.

Beating The Devil: The Making Of Night Of The Demon by Tony Earnshaw (book review).

7,350 days and counting: the Osaka office worker whose daily webcomic has just outrun Schlock Mercenary (comics news).

Creative Futures (Beyond And Within) edited by Allen Stroud (book review)

Would you kindly? Francis Lawrence says Netflix’s BioShock film is still alive, despite the “regime changes” (film news).

Marvel’s Zodiac finds its writers: twelve star signs, two spies and a London shoot.

Dogfights Over the Desert: The SFcrowsnest UFO Roundup, October 2026

Exterminate the writers? Russell T Davies calls the BBC boss’s AI Doctor Who remarks “clumsy”, and puts a date on the new Doctor (news).

7,350 days and counting: the Osaka office worker whose daily webcomic has just outrun Schlock Mercenary (comics news).

Dimensions: A Case Book Of Alien Contact by Jacques Vallee (book review).

Andy Weir’s “Star Star” would have Spock haunting the Force and McCoy fixing Vader in sickbay (fan fiction news).

“Never say never”: Phil Lord and Chris Miller have made their peace with losing Solo, and Kathleen Kennedy sent a nice note about Project Hail Mary (Star Wars news).

Netflix’s Bass X Machina unleashes steampunk cowboys, mechanical minotaurs and a suspiciously familiar name

Phase through walls, phase into the MCU? Cailee Spaeny tipped as Kitty Pryde for Marvel’s X-Men (rumour).

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