With an impressive Rotten Tomatoes score and a very divisive cameo, Fede Álvarez's "Alien: Romulus" turned heads and burst chests in 2024 as the latest big-screen addition to the "Alien" franchise.

For years, Alien films have been getting made ever since the 1979 original captivated audiences. For a little while, the Alien films were a sort of sacred and special thing, especially in the late ...