Our top pick of the week: Alien: Romulus

It's not every day we get a new Alien movie, so it's a happy day whenever a new one comes along... even if it plays the hits rather than breaking much new ground.

"Ask five different Alien fans what their favorite movies from the franchise are and why they love them, and you'll likely get five different answers," wrote Toussaint Egan in Polygon's review. "Still, it all but goes without saying that every subsequent entry in the series gets measured by its level of similarity to one of two films: Ridley Scott's 1979 original and James Cameron's 1986 sequel Aliens. In Alien: Romulus, the latest installment in the series, writer-director Fede Álvarez and frequent co-writer Rodo Sayagues (Don't Breathe) wear their love of Scott's and Cameron's films as proudly as any fans of the franchise would, to the film's visual merit and narrative detriment."

Romulus is out in theaters today.

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