Sydney Chandler is in her happy place. She logs on to our video call from a sunny spot behind her lakeside home in Austin, Texas, curled up on a brand-new patio set in a slouchy T-shirt from a local ...

Case in point: James Cameron’s Aliens took a sharp turn from Ridley Scott’s original film, changing the tone from a sci-fi/horror nightmare to an action-horror thrill ride. Cameron was clearly ...