On Friday, I had a front-page article on the story of Prometheus, the 5,000-year-old bristlecone that was chopped down in 1964 in the name of science — and whose memory was resurrected by Los Angeles ...

Somewhere in the high desert of eastern Nevada, a few turns off Route 50 — “the loneliest road in America” — a station wagon sat parked by the side of the highway. Before it lounged a young couple on ...

Adam Chitwood is a former Managing Editor at Collider, where he covered film and television with a focus on interviews, features, and industry analysis. One of the most anticipated films of the year ...

The Xenomorph is the iconic monster of the Alien franchise, but chronologically speaking, it wasnâ t the first, as Prometheus introduced a creature incredibly reminiscent of the classic Xenomorph ...

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Ridley Scott came close to doing what the best sequels and prequels have accomplished: daring to explore something different. By Chris Hartwell As the marketing for Alien: Covenant ramped up, the ...

Here's a quick refresher on 'Prometheus' and the rest of the sprawling franchise. By Dylan Schuck Almost 40 years and a half-dozen movies later, even fans of the Alien franchise may have trouble ...

I've suggested that fire is our first technology. Its profound and transformative impact—to this very day—is so powerful that its mythical source is the divine. Let's start at that point where ...