Alien: Romulus managed to unseat Deadpool & Wolverine from the top spot at the box office this past weekend and one of the best openings in the Alien franchise.

The Union, Netflix’s latest espionage action movie, doesn’t reach the heights of movies like Extraction but it is significantly better than truly forgettable dreck like Heart of Stone and is carried by the real-life friendship chemistry of Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry.

Best known for “Barbie Girl,” Aqua had a few other hits on their resume, including “Turn Back Time,” featured on the soundtrack for 1998’s Sliding Doors.

Nicolas Cage is playing John Madden in a biopic, The Gentlemen and Dark Matter both are getting second seasons, Corey Yuen’s death was announced and prolific voice actor Rachael Lillis passed away, a Ghosbusters animated series is coming to Netflix and more in this week’s News Shotgun.

Before he returns in Mortal Kombat 2 next October, Ludi Lin is entering another fighting tournament next week in Art of Eight Limbs. 

This week on the Everything Actioncast, whoever wins, we lose because we’re talking about 2004’s AVP: Alien vs. Predator, which came out 20 years ago this week. There’s also a new Alien movie, Alien: Romulus, in theaters right now.

Fede Alvarez brings the Xenomorphs back to theaters with Alien: Romulus while Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry star in The Union on Netflix, Awkwafina and John Cena are in Jackpot! on Prime Video and more in Admit One.

Sylvester Stallone finally returns to defend his criminal empire when Tulsa King Season 2 arrives on Paramount+ in September. 

Coming out in 1981, Galaxy of Terror was clearly trying to drift off the success of Alien in 1979, but it would help bring Aliens into existence by giving James Cameron and Bill Paxton some of their first jobs in Hollywood.

Sony’s Spider-Man Universe rolls on in December with its first R-rated entry, Kraven the Hunter, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson.