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The Host
Andrew Niccol writes and directs this romantic, science-fiction thriller that's based on a novel by Stephenie Meyer.
"...peaceable siege. After an unseen war in which an alien species seizes control by occupying human bodies, the planet..."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Attack the Block
Smart, quick, funny, and economical, Attack the Block is an alien-invasion movie that's a breed apart.
"...quick, funny, and economical, Attack the Block is an alien-invasion movie that is a breed apart. Set largely within..."

July 29, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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

Men in Black II
"...planet's native populace safe from a ceaseless stream of alien riff-raff and the occasional talking pug-dog -- through the..."

July 5, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What Planet Are You From?
"...film that answers the burning question: Can a horny alien make it with an emotionally battered 12-stepper and still..."

March 4, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Extraterrestrial
Spanish filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo cloaks this romantic comedy within the promise of a science-fiction story.
"...promise of a science-fiction story. And though the film’s alien invasion looms without fully actualizing, the possibility that creatures..."

July 13, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Fourth Kind
This pseudo-mockumentary starring Milla Jovovich echoes both The Blair Witch Project and The X-Files.
"...a canny little goof of a thing, chock-full of alien-abduction theorizing and purportedly based on actual events and persons..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

District 9
Aliens-on-earth tale is wrenching, riveting, violent and best of all, a love story
"...a densely populated metropolis over which hovers a dead alien spacecraft of immense proportions. It's been hanging there, like..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Arrival
"...and Tony T. Johnson. Screenwriter Twohy (The Fugitive, Waterworld, Alien3) takes the directing helm in this above-average tale of..."

June 7, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Earth to Echo
A trio of suburban kids befriend an alien entity in this Spielberg-influenced family film.
"...one before: A trio of suburban kids befriend an alien entity and must avoid parents and authorities alike in..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Men in Black 3
Josh Brolin's spooky good impersonation of the younger Tommy Lee Jones is the only fresh thing happening in this sequel.
"...special make-up effects legend has once again populated the alien-besieged world of Men in Black with an eye-popping menagerie..."

May 25, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Darkest Hour
Five young people lead the advance against an alien attack in Moscow.
"...The Darkest Hour, an alien-invasion film set in Moscow and produced by the same..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Slither
Writer-director James Gunn knows what makes horror fans howl, and is one heck of a writer to boot.
"...damned if you’re not downright upbeat about the whole alien invasion situation on screen. It sure beats reality at..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Favorite Martian
"...O'Hara, who one night witnesses the crash of an alien craft while tooling down the Pacific Coast Highway. The..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Robert A. Heinlein's the Puppet Masters
"...as listless and bloated as one of its dead alien visitors. Sutherland plays Andrew Stevens, an upper-echelon agent from..."

Oct. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Slash/Back
Smart Canadian horror sets Indigenous teens against alien invaders
"...soon join that company on the success of her alien invasion horror-comedy Slash/Back...."

Oct. 21, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Faster Than Sound: Happy Birthday, Daniel Johnston
Hi, How Are You Day commemorates the late, great Daniel Johnston, and SaulPaul's Alien Adventure beams down at Scottish Rite Theater
"...segment, alongside Austinites Roky Erickson and Theresa Jenkins. SaulPaul’s Alien Adventure..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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

How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Neil Gaiman's short story gets an inessential musical makeover.
"..."Tell me more about the punk," says alien tourista Zan (Fanning) to Enn (Sharp), and away we..."

June 1, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Justice League
Another ho-hum entry to the DC Extended Universe
"...other words, a fine time then for a nefarious alien god named Steppenwolf (Hinds) to touch down on Earth..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Independence Day: Resurgence
ID:R is probably everything you were expecting and less
"...Will Smith. It’s Randy Quaid. His crop-dusting, boozy, Vietnam vet-cum-alien abductee Russell Casse died a hero’s death at the..."

July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The 5th Wave
Chloë Grace Moretz battles Earth's fifth wave of alien attacks
"...hath The Hunger Games wrought?), the movie recounts an alien conquest of Earth executed in a series of waves,..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Under the Skin
Scarlett Johansson is the blank alien who prowls for earthmen in this spare and disorienting genre smash-up.
"...the dead: Johansson is an emotional blank as an alien on the prowl for earthmen, although Mars Needs Women..."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dark Skies
Aliens mess with a suburban family's peace of mind in this unsettling, slow-burn thriller.
"...with Poltergeist. More chilling than terrifying, this movie’s predatory aliens are creatures that mostly mess with people’s heads prior..."

March 1, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Battleship
Crass and hugely dumb aliens vs. multiple earthling navies: Must mean the start of summer movies has arrived.
"...to save the day, this crass and hugely dumb aliens vs. multiple earthling navies should thrill the hyperactive 10-year-old..."

May 18, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Marvel's The Avengers
Excelsior! This Marvel adventure knocks it out of the universe.
"...been otherwise. Amid a litany of subplots and an alien-invasion background (that pretty much stays where it belongs –..."

May 4, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Am Number Four
This filmed adaptation of the first book in the proposed Lorien Legacies series follows the tribulations of an alien refugee on Earth.
"...doggedly banal is it in its characterization of an alien refugee on Earth – Number Four (Pettyfer) – and..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Skyline
In this effects-heavy film, extraterrestrials invade Los Angeles.
"...the characters in Skyline, an effects-heavy thriller about an alien invasion of Los Angeles. I’d use the term "science..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Monsters
In this startlingly original indie film, a road trip combines with an alien invasion to remind us of our ageless fear of otherness.
"...Witch-style, and from the perspective of survivors of an alien invasion. Then Matt Reeves' Cloverfield came along in 2008..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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

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