Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With Women Of Action, Caroline Siede digs into the history of women-driven action movies to explore what these stories say about ...

Ripley gets down to business in Aliens (1986). Photo: Bob Penn/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images When you think of badass sci-fi protagonists, the first face that likely pops into your head is that of ...

The “Alien” movies vary widely in quality — there arguably hasn’t been a truly satisfying one since the first two in 1979 and 1986 — but a key thread has endured across the 46 years: However scary the ...

In 1979, Sigourney Weaver, then a relative unknown, became a huge star thanks to her breakout performance as Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott's Alien. In a world dominated by male heroes, Ripley was a ...

The picture of Amanda that Ripley receives in 1986's Aliens when she wakes up after 57 years in hypersleep. Fun Fact: This picture is actually of Sigourney Weaver's mother. Hence the resemblance.

The extremely corrosive acid blood of the xenomorphs has been used as a great tool of tension and suspense throughout the Alien franchise. Alien: Romulus ups that ante in a big way by removing gravity ...