Pearce also did some writing on Pacific Rim,
the big alien invasion film that Guillermo del Toro is about to begin shooting in Toronto for Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros..
Not exact matches
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.
While there have been some great
films of the
alien invasion genre, many of the
biggest have been the most lackluster — from the mediocre Independence Day to the horrid Battle: Los Angeles.
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.
I'm a
big fan of Nacho Vigalondo's time travel
film Timecrimes, so when I saw his new
alien invasion film was coming to AFI Fest, it was an immediate must on my schedule.
I'm not as
big on
alien invasion films as I am on time travel
films, but that's okay, because this is far from your typical
alien invasion film, focusing on a quartet of characters left behind the evacuation when an
alien ship appears.
If there has been a flaw to date in the Marvel
films — and superhero movies more broadly — it's been the need for a
Big Finish: an
alien invasion, dueling helicarriers, a city launched into the sky.