Seven films into this franchise, Alien: Romulus manages to be both terrifying and comforting; the audience revisiting their haunted childhood home, relieved to be tucked up in their old bed even if it does levitate.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 8, 2025

We care so much about [Spaeny and Jonsson] that we almost forget the obvious threads to this film’s predecessors that won’t stop popping up. Stop strangling good ideas to expand your IP with the constraints of needless IP familiarity.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 31, 2025

Spaeny as Rain and [David] Jonsson as Andy are the two clear standouts in this movie... the two are given the most fleshed-out characters, and they have great chemistry together as Andy changes during the movie.

| Jan 27, 2025

Fede Alvarez revives the franchise in this taut, moody, and terrifying thriller with standout work from Cailee Spaeney and David Jonsson. Alvarez evokes the best (and most insane) parts of the Alien movies while carving out his own corner of the universe.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 23, 2025

[S]ucceeds in striking a balance among fulfilling expectations, adding details to its miserable futurescape, landing solid shocks, doing fan service ... and delivering at least a couple of images we haven’t seen before.

| Jan 20, 2025

What is new under this shrouded sun is a xenomorph variant that violently emerges in the third act and is as gloriously gnarly as any other creature birthed by the franchise.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 17, 2025

Alien: Romulus is something of a greatest hits mixtape of a movie, taking some great set-pieces, visual iconography and character tropes from the original four movies and meshing them together in a very enjoyable, if not predictable, two-ish hours.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 13, 2025

Alien: Romulus represents a bold new chapter in the franchise, introducing fresh characters and innovative creature designs.

| Jan 2, 2025

As a whole the film is both irritating and frustrating: irritating because it keeps making bad creative choices, and frustrating because one solid rewrite could have easily fixed every problem that derails it.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jan 2, 2025

A seventh installment that lands straight in the top 3 of the prolific cinematic IP, though it can't avoid making certain concessions that will likely alienate the most purist fans.

| Dec 27, 2024

Totally committed to jump scares, this latest outing for the franchise is a far better film than the recent prequels.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 10, 2024

As blockbuster franchises go, Romulus isn’t a bad film. But it suffers from the perennial blockbuster problem, which is that it doesn’t believe in its own world or its own themes.

| Dec 10, 2024

The plot may be one “Alien” cliche after another, but the physical production is solid.

| Original Score: C | Dec 3, 2024

You get exactly what you expect here, which is good in a way but also a shame in a way because it doesn't break any new ground save for one new gruesome alien. If you go in expecting a fairly decent bloody new Alien flick, that's what you'll get.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Nov 26, 2024

If Alvarez has leaned more into the horror of what takes place in the movie's final 20 minutes instead of fan servicing us, maybe we would've come away with a more original vision. As it is, Romulus is mostly pastiche, albeit a beautifully rendered one.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 20, 2024

A strong, sick and scary entry in this 45-year-old franchise.

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 18, 2024

This is a film that takes some time out for wonder and awe.

| Oct 30, 2024

In short, this is a sequel that falls prey to its own ambitions. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 5/10 | Oct 25, 2024

There are interesting ideas here, but we're beating a dead horse to a degree here.

| Oct 22, 2024

Alvarez isn’t just keeping a wheezy franchise alive, but giving us a reason to feel invested in its ongoing life.

| Oct 16, 2024