Sentences with phrase «alien invasion by»

Dashing officer Hugo Wells helped thwart an alien invasion by a race called the Selenites and became and instant hero.

As the XCOM commander, you will defend against a terrifying global alien invasion by managing resources, advancing technologies, and overseeing combat strategies and individual unit tactics.

The broadcast was presented as a series of simulated news bulletins, which suggested to many listeners that an actual alien invasion by Martians was currently in progress.

With mere hours to go until the two decade wait is finally over, Flickering Myth has been getting ready for the new alien invasion by speaking to the cast and filmmakers behind Independence Day: Resurgence.

The saga centres on a planetary defence force which fights back against alien invasion by setting up bases on the extra-terrestrials» home world, using a wormhole over Antarctica.

Not exact matches

Apparently, audiences were not interested in seeing a nearly three - hour - long movie about a robotic alien truck eluding the clutches of an intergalactic bounty hunter by joining forces with prehistoric robot dinosaurs — that would be Transformers: Age of Extinction — or that one where Tom Cruise is repeatedly killed while fending off an alien invasion... or something.

He wrote «The Spider - Man who couldn't protect Chibok is blasted by the Super-Man who couldn't protect Dapchi from alien invasion.»

The study, published today in PNAS and led by scientists at Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK - F), the University of Vienna and UCL, analysed a global database of 45,984 records detailing the first invasions of 16,019 established alien species from 1500 until 2005 to investigate the dynamics of how alien species spread worldwide.

60 %: grasslands degraded due to overgrazing by livestock, invasion by alien species, or conversion to agriculture, resulting in a rapid decline of native flora and fauna

«From entanglement to invasions of alien species: the harm caused by marine litter.»

A mission to a Martian moon could return with alien life, according to experts at Purdue University, but don't expect the invasion scenario presented by summer blockbusters like «Men in Black 3» or «Prometheus.»

By doing so, he alters the timeline, changing the Agency and wiping the Arknet, a security system that's protected the Earth from full - scale alien invasions, from existence.

The trilogy's smart take on time travel paved the way for Joseph Gordon - Levitt to hunt his older self (played by Bruce Willis) in «Looper,» for Will Smith to prevent an alien invasion in «Men in Black 3,» and for a pair of engineers to manipulate each other's fates in «Primer.»

Adam Sandler does it again: this movie about an invasion by aliens disguised as 1980s video game characters is complete rubbish

The internet calmly took this news in by immediately casting about for wild rumors regarding what this might mean for the second film — specifically, the idea that once it was made clear the Captain Marvel movie (coming out in between the two Avengers films) would feature the Skrulls (a race of green - skinned shape changers, for all you non-comic nerds), the fourth Avengers movie would turn its attention to a «secret invasion» storyline, starring said aliens.

Synopsis: A platoon of Marines take on an alien invasion throughout Los Angeles in this Original Films sci - fi action picture, headed by director Jonathan Liebesman (Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning) and producer Neal H. Moritz.

Strange Invaders (Twilight Time, Blu - ray)-- Part offbeat horror film, part UFO conspiracy, and part tribute to 1950s alien invasion pictures, this good - natured comic sci - fi film stars Paul Le Mat as a college professor who goes in search of his ex-wife and finds a time - warped town that shouldn't exist populated by bug - eyed monsters that shoot lasers.

King discovers the truth when he picks a fight in a pub bathroom with a few robot teens; the revelation drives Andy to drink and the friends to struggle with sobriety and an alien invasion, in a journey that, in Wright's characteristically clever fashion, is echoed not only by the pubs» names but closely resembles the original 1990 night.

Adaptation of the 1950s alien invasion novel by Robert Heinlein which we unfortunately never read.

It's day 89 of an alien invasion, and a family that resides at an isolated farmhouse in upstate New York remains alive by staying silent.

Ronan's character has her mind taken over by an alien intelligence called Wanderer as part of an invasion.

The Darkest Hour (PG - 13 for profanity and violence) Sci - fi horror flick about the struggle to survive of a quintet (Olivia Thirlby, Emile Hirsch, Rachael Taylor, Joel Kinnaman and Max Minghella) stranded in Moscow during an invasion of Earth by aliens in need of a power supply.

Featuring stills from Ender's Game, the much - anticipated film directed and written by Gavin Hood, this official 16 - month calendar follows the story of Andrew «Ender» Wiggin, an unusually gifted child who is sent — 70 years after a horrific alien war — to an advanced military school in space to prepare for a future invasion.

So far the trailers have promised some big alien invasion action, while viral videos have really played up the universe in which the world finds itself advanced by alien technology thanks to the Earth Space Defense program.

Arrival, with its handwringing worthiness and easy answers, certainly meets these criteria as escapist balm for the masses, but this analysis ignores the fact that M Night Shyamalan's 2002 film Signs is not just a superior film about alien invasion (funnier, darker, more cinematic), but also a stronger allegory for the apocalyptic fever that has gripped America and, by extension, the world.

Home by Hope Madden Home — DreamWorks» latest animated adventure — is the genuinely sweet tale of an alien invasion of earth.

by Bill Chambers The partnership of Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin yielded a giant box office hit last time out with their alien invasion picture Independence Day, a film critically dissed in large part because it was populated with stereotypes: we knew who the smart guy was because he wore glasses and a pocket - protector; who the gay guy was because Harvey Fierstein's dialogue was set to flaming; who the hero was because he promised to «whoop E.T.'s ass.»

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Our Take: If you've seen The Darkest Hour trailer, then perhaps you too were pleasantly surprised by this inventive take on the worn - out alien invasion premise.

The Darkest Hour Directed by: Chris Gorak Starring: Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Max Minghella Rating: PG - 13 Release Date: December 23, 2011 TRAILER SCORE: 7/10 Thoughts by TSR: It seems that Hollywood felt we were due for yet another alien invasion movie.

Two years later, with Independence Day, he offered a genocidal alien invasion that was overcome by two guys spreading a computer virus.

Together, this team fends off an alien invasion led by Thor's brother, Loki.

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, JAN. 21, 2016 By Steve Newton Sci - fi action flicks about alien invasions are pretty hit - and - miss.

is based on a rather unsavory series of trading cards released by Topps in the 1950s, and it takes its cues from the same sources as this summer's Independence Day — old alien invasion flicks, disaster movies, and big - budget special effects extravaganzas.

Garry Shandling is nothing if not well - cast as an alien packed off to Earth by his neutered, all - male race to impregnate an earth female as a prelude to invasion.

And, from the big end of town, there are also new sneak peeks of Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, with Rami Maleck stepping into the music icon's shoes in an uncanny fashion; The Predator, the latest take on the alien killers directed by The Nice Guys» Shane Black, who actually featured on - screen in the original film; and Shock and Awe, a new Woody Harrelson and Tommy Lee Jones - starring newspaper flick about the US invasion of Iraq.

Emmerich picks up the story 20 years after the events of the first one, where earth is threatened by yet another alien invasion.

Another theory is that it's some version of terraforming, created by an unseen alien race to make the earth more habitable ahead of an invasion, but what kind of race is really big on nightmare death bears?

The story, as told by a few introductory pictures at the start of the game, is that there has been an alien invasion, or something to that effect, and a whole swath of Little Kingdom's triangular citizens have been abducted in the midst.

Best described as «Red Dawn» meets «Independence Day» and featuring a cast of young up - and - comers, what makes the film so unique from every other alien invasion movie are the aggressors themselves: seemingly invisible entities powered by electricity that can incinerate anything with a single touch.

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig Co-Star in Genre - Blending Adventure Cowboys & Aliens might be the most poorly - executed blend of movie genres since custard pie slapstick was mixed with a Martian invasion in The Three Stooges in Orbit back in 1962.

The film is just as much about the ownership of women's bodies as it is about an alien invasion — ScarJo's blank face and slight, twitchy physicality are incredible to watch, as the men she encounters (many of them non-actors who were captured with hidden cameras) leer at her, make conversation, and eventually get sprung by the same trap they clearly wish to set for Scarlett.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening July 29, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS Attack the Block (R for violence, drug use and pervasive profanity) Horror comedy chronicling the valiant effort of a gang of teenagers from South London to defend their «hood during an alien invasion.

DVD Review by Kam Williams Headline: Apocalyptic Sci - Fi Available on DVD This apocalyptic action flick revolves around the daring exploits of a rag - tag team of Marines representing the last hope for humanity in the wake of an alien invasion which is decimating the planet.

Poor L.A., always getting beaten up either by weather anomalies (Day After Tomorrow), giant meteors (Deep Impact), the Mayan doomsday calendar (2012)-- and yes, many alien invasions staking their claim on the City of Angels.

Written by Written by Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir, the high - concept project centers on Josh Futturman (Hutcherson), a janitor by day and world - ranked gamer by night, who's tasked with preventing the elimination of the human race after mysterious visitors from the future proclaim him the key to defeating an imminent alien invasion.

It's a surprisingly dark blockbuster from the director who delivers an intense alien - invasion story that's only let down by a slightly lacklustre ending.

A new international trailer has arrived online for Beyond Skyline, a sequel to the 2010 alien invasion sci - fi thriller Skyline, which sees Frank Grillo as a tough - as - nails detective who embarks on a relentless pursuit to free his son from a nightmarish alien warship; check it out here... Beyond Skyline is directed by Liam O'Donnell and -LSB-...]

They play a family struggling to survive in a post-apocalyptic world after what we're assuming was a pretty deadly invasion by some unknown aliens (with long claws).

The 2015 book follows a teenager who plays an online video game fighting an alien invasion, only to be recruited by an international galactic army who had been using the game to train him and others to fend off a real alien invasion.