His presence has upgraded many an otherwise middling blockbuster, and when he appeared midway through as the cigar-chomping ...

Supergirl has always been a tricky character to adapt; the latest movie threads the needle between pluck and alienation.

Vince Gilligan's "Pluribus" is a must-watch series on Apple TV, and it takes cues from some of the best sci-fi movies, like ...

June 22nd, 2026 | Vol. 207, No. 21 | U.S., South Pacific, Asia June 22, 2026 U.S., South Pacific, Asia Advertisement Above the Arctic Circle, Nscale is turning a remote Norwegian valley into one of ...

Ever since the release of 1902’s A Trip to the Moon, moviegoing audiences have been obsessed with exploring the extraterrestrial. And, as films like the Alien franchise, Fire In the Sky, E.T., or Men ...

Timeless masterpieces like 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Empire Strikes Back, and Back to the Future define American science ...

This article is part of Spielberg Week, Slate’s seven-day celebration of Steven Spielberg. At my press screening of Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, the logo of Spielberg’s production company Amblin ...

Even if you’re a perfectly stable person, the lure of intrusive, self-destructive thoughts can pop up like a devil on your shoulder, tempting you over the side of guardrails and rooftops, or into ...

One of the tensest games I’ve played in my life is Alien Isolation. The ever-present fear of an Alien or Synth stalking you as you attempt to stealthily make your way through a spaceship left my ...