Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Hughes is an entertainment writer covering cinema and genre TV. Filmmaker Fede Álvarez’s anxiously awaited legacy sequel ...

In what is widely expected to be a down year for theatrical business, including a smaller release slate absent multiple top-tier franchise summer releases, studios and cineplexes are filling gaps with ...

(Cartoon of an astronaut and an alien standing side by side on the moon, waving their hands. Credit: galacticus / Shutterstock.) The 1982 blockbuster film E.T. made aliens easy to love. In the film, a ...