Cowboys & Aliens

Jon Favreau and company kick up some good Western dust until the film's alien twist comes off like the newest variation on outmoded cowboys-and-Indians stereotypes.

"...polished and professional. Don’t get hung up on the aliens part of the equation, the post-ampersand sub for the..."

July 29, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

Apocalyptic monster mash makes big crash.

"...Gade. What can I say about the extraterrestrial bloodbath Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem except that I think the book..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Aliens in the Attic

A group of kids save their vacation home from extraterrestrials while keeping their clueless elders out of the loop.

"...déjà vibe behind this annoying glob of tweens vs. aliens piffle, which borrows heavily from such earlier, better films..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Interview: Jason Eisener on Kids vs. Aliens

The director of the teen-friendly horror discusses his influences

"...that," the director of Fantastic Fest selection Kids vs. Aliens said. "There's a lot of me that goes into..."

Sept. 22, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Aliens in America

Q&A with speculative fiction writer Robert Jackson Bennett

"...Award-winning Austin author Robert Jackson Bennett takes on the aliens and the atomic age in his latest book, American..."

Feb. 14, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

Monsters vs. Aliens

In this animated film, a misfit band of monsters unleashed from quarantine defend Earth from an alien invader.

"...3-D from then forward, making the studio’s Monsters vs. Aliens something of a gauntlet throwdown. While the flagship film’s..."

March 27, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mutant Aliens

"...heck, with blown-up heads and bitten-off fingers galore. Mutant Aliens is no exception. The film originated as a graphic..."

July 5, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Kids vs. Aliens

Gory romp that does exactly what the title says

"...Kids versus aliens. With a title that simple, that perfectly descriptive, any..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Aliens, Martian Colonies, and Dwarves

1997 Hugo Nominees Reviewed

"...when a young girl's heart turns to fancy. And aliens. And Martian colonies. And dwarves...."

Aug. 8, 1997 Books Feature

President Bush and the Left Are the Same When It Comes to Illegal Aliens

"...would have something in common. Ignore and excuse illegal aliens. The prez sez that we need them (illegals) to..."

Dec. 9, 2004 Postmarks

Aliens in Russia: Inside Sputnik

Director Egor Abramenko explores the Soviet myth of heroes

Aug. 14, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rollerblades, Saxophones, and Aliens in Max Juren's Latest Film

“Trying to make a Michael Bay movie and I end up with a sub-Ed Wood movie."

Dec. 1, 2016 Screens Post by Will McCarthy

Under the Stars and Maybe Some Space Aliens

The LBJ Library screens sci-fi classics

March 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Abducted by Aliens?

Credit Card Clue

Nov. 20, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Career Opportunities: Music to Shoot Aliens By

June 16, 1995 Music Feature by Al Kaufman

Alien Resurrection

The franchise's fourth outing

"...Ridley Scott's hair-raising original and James Cameron's balls-out, war-in-space Aliens. Much of the problem here lies with Jeunet's unpleasantly..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Escape From Planet Earth

In this 3-D animated movie, a famous astronaut from another planet becomes trapped on Earth – aka the Dark Planet. Interplanetary shenanigans ensue.

"...plans to move full speed ahead, even though no aliens have ever returned from their visits to planet Earth...."

Feb. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Men in Black II

"...the mail and then discovering that his co-workers are aliens (Jay helpfully points out that “most postal employees are..."

July 5, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Predators

This Robert Rodriguez-produced film doesn't try to be a sequel to the Schwarzenegger picture but, instead, is a new story about humans hunted by the merciless Predators.

"...the sequel to John McTiernan's 1987 Predator; it's the "aliens on a hunting spree" sci-fi-actioneering classic that should have..."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Battle: Los Angeles

Aliens fight the U.S. Marines in a gritty urban war. Viewers are the losers.

"...creative team behind the titling of this Marines vs. aliens non-epic. Battle: Los Angeles is exactly what it says..."

March 11, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Knowing

It's up to Nicolas Cage to save the world in this movie about a man who deciphers a cryptic artifact that predicts major disasters, past and future.

"...he’s out-emoted by a quartet of faceless CGI space aliens. In Knowing, Cage is nearly somnambulant as John Koestler,..."

March 27, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Robert A. Heinlein's the Puppet Masters

"...the town has been taken over by small, hook-clawed aliens, resembling nothing so much as self-propelled manta rays. The..."

Oct. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Arrival

Introspective sci-fi drama packs a punch.

"...many times before: What do we do when the aliens arrive and, just as important, how do we communicate..."

Nov. 11, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Independence Day: Resurgence

ID:R is probably everything you were expecting and less

"...hilarious turn in ID4 helped leaven director Emmerich’s overblown aliens vs. Earthlings disaster epic, and of course, a presumed-dead..."

July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Home

Jim Parsons and Rihanna pleasingly voice cartoon characters

"...can overcome the differences between people (or people and aliens). The Boov are a race of timid aliens who..."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Darkest Hour

Five young people lead the advance against an alien attack in Moscow.

"...Scott's pending, highly anticipated Prometheus), the story involves invisible aliens who feed on electricity and kill off humanity here,..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Faculty

Co-written by Scream scribe Kevin Williamson and George Huang (Swimming With Sharks), The Faculty is pure Robert Rodriguez: jam-packed with action, suspense, humor, horror, and plenty of cinematic homages.

"...and edited, with a pounding soundtrack and some ingenious aliens courtesy of Berni Wrightson and KNB Effects. Wood plays..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Men in Black: International

The MiB stay Earthbound in a sequel saved by its stars

"...Black, the mysterious organization that hides the fact that aliens are everywhere. Now a brilliant young scientist, Molly dedicates..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Venom

Spider-Man's nemesis gets a spin-off without web-head

"...homeless people with symbiotes – a race of parasitic aliens – and launching them into outer space. When unemployed..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Great Wall

Matt Damon protects the Chinese from lizards

"...Having crash-landed on Earth two millennia ago, these nasty aliens, led by a man-hungry queen (literally) rise up every..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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