Prometheus

Ridley Scott films – ranked!

With The Last Duel out now, and House of Gucci at the end of the month, we rate the top 20 movies by the go-to director for swords, sandals, cyborgs and Sigourney

Peter Bradshaw

04, Nov, 2021 @12:00 PM

Guy Pearce: ‘There’s always someone you want to punch’

Neighbours launched him, and since then the star of Memento and Zone 414 has seized his Hollywood roles with a unique intensity. He talks about death, drugs, being a dad and divorce

Ryan Gilbey

30, Sep, 2021 @3:00 PM

Can no one hear us scream? Please Ridley, no more Alien films!

Ridley Scott has announced his intention to make a third Alien prequel. When will he and sci-fi’s other great auteurs learn to leave their franchises alone?

Ben Child

30, May, 2019 @12:47 PM

Where will Hollywood's search for authenticity end?

Long-running franchises, in their attempts to bottle the essence of the original movie, are going back to source material and bringing back the old protagonists

Ben Child

25, Oct, 2018 @10:10 AM

Solo: A Star Wars Story – why prequels are killing the art of storytelling

They have become Hollywood’s favourite franchise-saver, but are they any substitute for a story well told?

Steve Rose

14, May, 2018 @9:59 AM

Never go back: why the Terminator reunion may be a recipe for failure

Restoring Linda Hamilton and James Cameron to the man versus the machines saga could be a smart move, but plenty of great directors – from Ridley Scott to George Lucas – have stalled when returning to past glories

Ben Child

26, Sep, 2017 @5:00 AM

Alien: Covenant brings dastardly David and gore galore, but few answers – discuss with spoilers

The latest Alien chapter engineers more gruesome ways to dispose of humans and incubates enough new loose threads to sustain debate for some time to come

Ben Child

12, May, 2017 @11:00 AM

Alien: Covenant review – Ridley Scott's latest space exploration feels all too familiar

Scott’s sequel to the Prometheus prequel is capably made but plays like a greatest-hits compilation of the original films’ freakiest moments

Peter Bradshaw

07, May, 2017 @3:45 AM

From Spider-Man to Alien: why does Hollywood keep spoiling its movies?

Blockbusters keep getting spoiled before anyone has a chance to watch them thanks to plot-filled trailers and loose-lipped directors

Ben Child

04, Apr, 2017 @7:42 AM

After Terminator: franchises that deserve a mercy killing

Die Hard is a dead loss, Pirates of the Caribbean is sunk, and the Alien films are lost in space – why Hollywood should pull the plug on tired sequels

Stuart Heritage

22, Mar, 2017 @7:30 AM

Alien: Covenant trailer: five things we've learned about the xenomorph saga

The Covenant crew are more intent on getting drunk than contemplating the cosmos, and the Engineers have reason to have beef with mankind

Ben Child

01, Mar, 2017 @3:13 PM

Is Ridley Scott making up Alien: Covenant as he goes along?

The director’s revelations about the new Alien movie have exposed the ghastly guts of Hollywood film-making to a fanbase that’s already suffered enough

Ben Child

22, Jun, 2016 @12:33 PM