In the almost five decades since the release of Star Wars, many sci-fi movies tired (and failed) to copy its blockbuster ...

It's a big universe out there, and while we're all for exploring it, a specific subgenre of science fiction movies has hinted that it might be a bad idea. Alien invasion movies have come in droves ...

Sam Barsanti has written about pop-culture for 10 years, and his work has appeared at The A.V. Club, Primetimer, IGN, and Collider. He has also contributed to the popular daily Hustle newsletter, ...

The king of cameos has returned to lend his hand to another movie in need. As soon as the trailer for the upcoming Star Wars film, The Mandalorian and Grogu, dropped on Tuesday, fans were abuzz with ...

For nearly five decades, Steven Spielberg has helped define what alien stories mean to movie audiences. Sometimes they arrive as cosmic miracles. Sometimes as existential threats. Sometimes as ...

Director Roland Emmerich’s 1996 alien invasion movie Independence Day arrives on Netflix today and I, for one, can’t wait to watch the film for what might be the 50th time. Sure, there are plenty of ...