One of the very first narrative films, Georges Méliès's "A Trip to the Moon," is about aliens. Sure, everyone remembers that shot of a rocket ship crashing into the eye of the man in the moon, but as ...

The Alien franchise ranks among the most iconic science fiction sagas in history, and deserves to be ranked alongside Star Wars, Star Trek, and Mad Max. What began as an edgy thriller pitched as “Jaws ...