The horror in space transforms into a riveting action epic.

The director’s more-is-more approach to the 1986 sequel gave us seat-edge action and an indelible performance from a rule-breaking Sigourney Weaver ...

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

Producer Gale Anne Hurd and star Michael Biehn reveal the intense effort behind the scenes to make the classic sci-fi sequel.

40 years later, James Cameron's follow-up remains the clearest blueprint for expanding a franchise without repeating it.

Released 40 years ago today, one of the 'best action movie of all time' barely made it to theaters after a nightmare ...

Forty years ago today, on July 18, 1986, 20th Century Fox put a sequel into American theaters that had no business working.

In 1986, James Cameron achieved the feat of giving the cult film “Alien” a sequel that is both equal and independent.

Don't get James Cameron started on Alien 3. The filmmaker, who followed Ridley Scott's 1979 Alien movie by directing 1986's Aliens, didn't hold back in sharing his unfiltered thoughts on the third ...

Many fans of the "Alien" movies will tell you that James Cameron's shoot-'em-up "Aliens" is the best one. Ridley Scott's 1979 original was a horror movie about ill-prepared miners having to evade the ...