Unlikeable female characters in movies and series are redefining storytelling. Here’s why flawed female protagonists dominate.

When the great history of science fiction at the movies is finally written, there will be an entire chapter dedicated to Sigourney Weaver, whose impact on the genre, from Ghostbusters to Avatar to her ...

Forget the knowing humor and winks toward other movies. Scream is all about the final girls.

There’s a moment in the film Deep Blue Sea that is known for making audiences jump out of their seats. If you’ve seen it, you ...

I hate Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day and rom-coms. So why am I here? Because Galentine's Day falls on Friday the 13th this year, and that means I can gather my final girl besties to suggest some ...

Two of the most iconic leading ladies in sci-fi, Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor, are not your usual heroes—they’re reluctant warriors.

Episode 5, however, flips the script by showing us that Morrow isn’t the villain; he’s just as doomed and complicated as everyone else on the series. Not only that, it does this by turning him into ...

Some exceptionally unsettling elements were thrown together to create the Xenomorph when it first appeared in Ridley Scott's 1979 horror sci-fi, "Alien." Spliced from the nightmares of artist H.R.

Ridley Scott’s iconic “Alien” is arguably the greatest (and possibly scariest) sci-fi horror movie ever made. Its ominous tagline “In space no one can hear you scream” didn’t stop millions of viewers ...

Ridley Scott's inimitable 1979 sci-fi thriller, Alien, expertly ratchets up the tension by not having the titular alien show up on screen until roughly an hour into the film. Following in Scott's ...

RIPLEY, W.Va. (WTAP) - A Ripley man has pleaded guilty to murder charges in connection with a baby’s death. According to the Jackson County Circuit Court, John Tames, 24, pleaded guilty to ...