War of the Worlds is a vicious alien-invasion movie from Steven Spielberg that's worlds away from his most recent release, ...

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination with extraterrestrials.

When movie sequels do mostly the same thing as the original, audiences tend not to like it. When a sequel gets bolder, like how Aliens took the universe in a bold new direction and became one of the ...

As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

Polygon Summer Game Fest 2026 Live game reveals, world premiere trailers, and what’s next from 40+ developers, publishers, and hardware makers. Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is a co-op shooter where you ...

While the first teaser for the sequel to Alien: Isolation caught our attention last month, another sequel to a video game based on that popular sci-fi franchise is actually coming out before it. The ...

When Neil deGrasse Tyson was 9 years old, he visited the Hayden Planetarium for the first time. Growing up gazing into light pollution in the Bronx, he had no idea there were that many stars. “I was ...

Hannah has been writing about horror, sci-fi, and all things nerdy since 2021. At Collider, she covers news and conducts interviews, along with contributing features that dive deep into genre ...