For more than 30 years, cinephiles would scoff at those who suggested the Alien franchise took a nose dive after Alien and Aliens. Few would seriously argue that the third entry exceeds the Ridley ...
Warning: This post contains spoilers for two different versions of the 24-year-old movie Alien 3. If you’re the sort of person who prizes the idea of perfection over the idea of artistic exploration, ...
Alien 3 was one of the wildest and bleakest chapters in the franchise, as it strips away hope almost immediately. Set in the prison world of Fiorina 161, the film isolates Ellen Ripley among violent ...