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 ...

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 ...

The Alien movies are some of the best in action and sci-fi history, but only one entry has a quote that fans still talk about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sigourney Weaver as Ripley in Alien (1979) Ellen Ripley is the best action heroine of all time, without question. Just look at two ...

Warning: Spoilers for Alien: Romulus may lie ahead. With Alien: Romulus set to receive a sequel after convincing most critics and fans, co-writer and director Fede Álvarez has been spending a lot of ...

FX's new series Alien: Earth centers on a female character taking on a horde of killer aliens — and so of course, any fan can't help but be reminded of Sigourney Weaver's Ripley in the Alien films.

Tom Chapman is a Manchester-based writer with square eyes and a love of a good pun. Raised on a diet of Jurassic Park and Jumanji, this '90s boy had VHS movies flowing in his blood from a young age.

Sigourney Weaver is an acting legend who's been making movies for half a decade; but no matter what she does, she will always be most remembered for her role as Ellen Ripley in the first four Alien ...

Federico is a writer and journalist who joined the MovieWeb family a few years ago, bringing in his years-long experience as a critic of all kinds of films, especially indies. He's had the fortune of ...

Another day, and another pernicious movie-related rumor has been making the rounds. This time, word began to buzz that 20th Century Studios was "considering" the idea of bringing back acclaimed actor ...

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 ...