Sentences with phrase «alien invasion flick»

Those speeches, combined with all of the other combat movie cliches found in Battle: Los Angeles, reveal the film to be little more than a traditional war film disguised as an alien invasion flick, tailor - made for a generation of kids raised on first - person shooters and jitter - inducing energy drinks.

His next film, 2002's alien invasion flick Signs, was another massive hit, though one that some people could find fault in.

Despite whispers of a sequel ever since the release of the first movie, it's taken twenty years for the follow - up to the blockbuster alien invasion flick Independence Day to become a reality, and during an anniversary screening of the film, director Roland Emmerich has been talking to Entertainment Weekly about why we've waited so long -LSB-...]

And come to think of it, I can't ever remember an alien invasion flick where the leads were already in a foreign country when the intergalactic shizz went down.

Alien invasion flick The Darkest Hour, released this morning, is like a bad holiday fruitcake that somebody tried to spruce up with a zillion lumps of neon - colored, soggy jellybean guts.

Watch the first trailer for director Chris Gorak (Right at Your Door) alien invasion flick The Darkest Hour, with Emile Hirsch facing a pack of invisible electricity - hungry aliens.

What else can you expect from an alien invasion flick centered on Los Angeles?

Who doesn't love a good alien invasion flick, to remind us all what it means to be human?

She was the object of Adam Sandler's misguided affection in the comedy Just Go With It and she's currently filming What to Expect When You're Expecting alongside heavy - hitters like Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez, while her action / alien invasion flick Battleship is set to hit theaters next year.

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.

Not exact matches

What made Spielberg such a force in the 1970s was the way he ruthlessly renovated cheap old genres (the chase flick, the creature feature, the alien - invasion thriller) without winking at them or at the audience.

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.

Battle: Los Angeles, the alien invasion action flick that is about to begin shooting in Louisiana (not quite Los Angeles...) has added quite a few cast members, and on the eve of the shoot star Aaron Eckhart makes some promises about what sort of film we're likely to see when it's all said and done.

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

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.

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.

The new movie, which held its premiere here Tuesday night ahead of its Paramount release this weekend, is alternatively an abduction thriller, monster flick, science - fiction reverie, character comedy, horror pinprick, apocalyptic drama, duct - tape - and - chewing - gum chamber piece and alien - invasion movie.