“Prometheus” is an origin story. It offers a striking suggestion of how the human race might have come into being. But far more important, it hints at how the titular character of “Alien” was born.

Ridley Scott’s belated return to the genre that forged his reputation as a visionary stylist arrives weighed down by expectations it was always going to struggle to match, let alone surpass. And such ...

Check out the new trailer for the unofficial Ridley Scott “Alien” prequel “Prometheus”( June 8, 2012). The tagline: “They went looking for our beginning. What they found could be our end.” Scott and ...