Alien

2002 · Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders · 85 min · Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Lilo & Stitch is Disney at its most emotionally honest, wrapping a genuine story about broken families and belonging inside a wildly entertaining alien comedy.

2021 · Survival Horror

Alien: Isolation on mobile is a technical marvel and a faithful port of one of the best horror games ever made, delivering the full terrifying experience with surprisingly competent touch controls and impressive visual fidelity.

2009 · Neill Blomkamp · 112 min · Sci-Fi, Action, Drama

District 9 does something rare: it takes a blockbuster premise and uses it to say something that actually matters. The apartheid allegory gives the alien-invasion formula genuine weight, and Sharlto Copley's transformation from bureaucratic weasel to desperate fugitive is one of the best character arcs in modern sci-fi. The tonal shift from documentary to action film in the final act divides audiences, but even the detractors tend to admit they couldn't look away. A debut film with the ambition and execution of something from a director with decades of experience.

2014 · 1-5 Players · ~90-120 min · Cooperative

Legendary Encounters: Alien translates the tension of the film franchise into a cooperative deck builder where enemies lurk face-down in a corridor, closing in turn by turn, and genuine teamwork through the Coordinate mechanic makes this one of the most thematic cooperative card games ever designed.

2021 · 3 Seasons · Syfy · Sci-Fi Comedy

Resident Alien is a consistently entertaining sci-fi comedy that succeeds almost entirely because of Alan Tudyk's performance as an alien who is terrible at being human and getting slightly better at it against his will. The show balances its murder mystery, alien mythology, and small-town warmth with a lightness that makes it one of the most watchable shows on television. It doesn't reinvent the genre, and some subplots drag, but Tudyk's physical comedy and the show's genuine heart make it the kind of show you're always happy to return to.

2022 · Jordan Peele · 131 min · Sci-Fi / Horror

Nope is Jordan Peele's biggest and most visually ambitious film, and also his most uneven. The central creature design is wildly original, the IMAX cinematography is stunning, and Keke Palmer delivers a performance that deserves to launch her into a different tier of stardom. When the film focuses on the Haywood siblings trying to capture evidence of something impossible in the sky above their ranch, it's thrilling and funny and unlike anything else in recent horror. But Peele is juggling too many thematic plates at once, the Gordy subplot never fully connects to the main story, and the pacing lurches between stretches of dead air and bursts of intensity. It's a film with extraordinary individual sequences that doesn't quite cohere into the unified statement Peele seems to be reaching for.

2022 · FPS / Comedy · PC / Steam

High on Life delivers a comedy-first shooter experience where your weapons won't stop talking, and whether that sounds delightful or exhausting will almost entirely determine how you feel about the game.