If, like myself, you have been hopelessly sucked into Alien: Earth, Noah Hawley's new FX series, you might already be feeling that nagging question in the back of your mind: "The season is already ...

Ridley Scott's inimitable 1979 sci-fi thriller, Alien, expertly ratchets up the tension by not having the titular alien show up on screen until roughly an hour into the film. Following in Scott's ...