Sentences with phrase «of an alien invasion as»

This one just so happens to do so because of an alien invasion as opposed to a drunken argument.

Not exact matches

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Tread softly: Early independent reviews of beta versions of the Omni put the noise factor at about the same level as a treadmill, meaning your neighbors likely will never know you're saving the world from an alien invasion.

However, when electromagnetic pulses of lightning strike the area, the strange event turns out to be the beginning of an alien invasion, and Ferrier must now protect his children as they seek refuge.

It is a fascinating contrast to the politics of alien invasion films such as Independence Day and War of the Worlds (original and remake).

As his first major feature role independent of his siblings, Rory appeared as alongside Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix in M. Night Shyamalan's rural alien invasion thriller SignAs his first major feature role independent of his siblings, Rory appeared as alongside Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix in M. Night Shyamalan's rural alien invasion thriller Signas alongside Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix in M. Night Shyamalan's rural alien invasion thriller Signs.

As much as moviegoers love an alien invasion spectacle, the lack of fresh comedies could let Paul steal that top spoAs much as moviegoers love an alien invasion spectacle, the lack of fresh comedies could let Paul steal that top spoas moviegoers love an alien invasion spectacle, the lack of fresh comedies could let Paul steal that top spot.

A brash, effects - laden tribute to all those alien invasion movies of the 1950s (just try watching the original «War of the Worlds» without spotting the countless similarities), Roland Emmerich's ultimate mindless actioner is arguably as close you'll get to a perfect textbook merging of old fashioned sci - fi with modern day big - budget fanfaring.

In a year of alien invasion stories, Darkest Hour still managed to stand out as the worst of the bunch.

In these films, the world has usually turned against humanity in some way — a zombie apocalypse, an alien invasion, or simply the indomitability of nature itself — and the relative resourcefulness of characters who were previously reliant on now - absent tools or technologies provide the major dramatic beats as outside forces close in, driving these characters into action.

Another installment to the recent onslaught of alien invasion films, Battle: Los Angeles is based on famous historical UFO sightings and events such as the 1942 LA incident where an unidentified aircraft entered military airspace and was subject to artillery fire.

Battle: Los Angeles» early 2011 release date positions it before competing alien invasion films such as the comedy Paul (if that even counts), Jon Favreau's Cowboys & Aliens, Michael Bay's Transformers 3 and the August release of The Darkest Hour.

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.

Familiar territory not only for Donald Sutherland (who coped with another alien invasion in the 1978 re-make of Invasion of the Body Snatchers) but for audiences as well.

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

TNT's Falling Skies, which last year ranked as basic cable's # 1 summer drama among young adults, tells the extraordinary story about life and survival in the wake of a catastrophic alien invasion.

Global warming is of course a real issue (as opposed to alien invasions and meteors hitting the Earth, the chances of which are infinitesimally small).

For those of you who don't know, Battle: LA is an alien invasion story, which is presented as an intense real - time war movie from the perspective of a group of Marines.

Think of it as the alien invasion version of Groundhog Day — every time he comes back, he learns a bit more about how to stay alive and fight.

The film follows a group of friends who discover an alien invasion during a pub crawl, though the genre aspects of the movie, as in the earlier films, function as a framework to explore deeper topics like nostalgia, addiction and male friendship.

In what has to be considered both a coup and an instance of real inspiration, Jane Badler — who played V leader Diana in the original miniseries and series — has joined ABC's new incarnation of the alien invasion show as mother to Morena Baccarin's alien leader, Anna.

The Oscar - hopeful film will compete directly against the likes of the latest alien invasion thriller, The Darkest Hour - as well as director Stephen Daldry's inspirational melodrama, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - for the attention of holiday season moviegoers.

An action - horror with a script as tight as a snare drum, it melded Amblin with John Carpenter, following a group of council estate kids as they fight off an alien invasion that they're responsible for.

As we've seen in the trailers promoting Infinity War, Wakanda is the site of a humongous alien invasion.

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.

The expansive storyline follows FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) as they attempt to uncover a massive conspiracy involving an impending alien invasion, with their efforts bringing them into contact with a selection of fresh faces (Martin Landau's Alvin Kurtzweil, Blythe Danner's Jana Cassidy) and series regulars (William B. Davis» Cigarette Smoking Man, Mitch Pileggi's Walter Skinner).

As grown men, they ponder whether or not they were given the gift for the very reason of an alien invasion.

It's hard to say exactly how we would all react to a low - scale alien invasion, but I think the film has it pretty right as all of characters authentically act and speak like urban teenagers and their arcs realistically waver between humor and fear.

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.

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.

As Thomas Wolfe knew so well, you can't go home again, even if you really, really want to complete an epic pub crawl while thwarting an invasion of alien robots.

In the past, Marvel's Netflix shows have touched upon the Battle of New York from the first Avengers, but the shows have always treated «The Incident» as more of an unfortunate thing that happened one time and not like the literal alien invasion that it was.

It's not the beautifully stylized, visually witty animation — though I saw the film in 3D IMAX, and it is gorgeous — or the brilliant idea to cast Stephen Colbert (Strangers with Candy) as the President of the United States who's wildly unable to cope with an alien invasion.

He embodies many things that the 1950s just aren't ready for, some of which he exploits for his own purposes (such as the rampant fear of alien invasions).

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.

The atmosphere of dread and paranoia grows increasingly intense as the complexity of the alien invasion is gradually revealed, until nobody can be trusted to be who they appear.

Currently airing its second season on TNT on Sunday nights at 9 / 8c, the series showcases how Lourdes and the other survivors of an alien invasion on Earth cope with losing their families and civilization as they know it.

Meanwhile, as the kids (and eventually Merrill) get caught up in the alien invasion, Graham is forced to accept the reality of the situation in order to protect his family.

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.

It stars Chloë Grace Moretz (Kick - Ass) as 16 - year - old Cassie Sullivan, who is trying to find her brother and survive an alien invasion of Earth, while simultaneously falling in love with a mysterious boy whose loyalties may be questionable.

The reason why the «Fifties The Day the Earth Stood Still is so fondly remembered nowadays is because it was probably one of two science fiction movies from that entire decade that didn't have an alien invasion (read: Red Scare paranoia) as its main theme.

Saoirse Ronan has been attached for quite some time to star as Melanie Stryder, one of few humans left after an alien invasion of souls.

It may be one of cinema's most timeworn tropes, but the alien invasion has never been as emotionally resonant and thought - provoking as Denis Villeneuve's (Sicario) elegantly cerebral science - fiction drama.

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.

Michael Crichton-esque but with more horror as the world copes with an alien invasion that turns humans into all kinds of weird

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The post-apocalyptic tale follows 16 - year - old Cassie as she navigates a bleak and dangerous dystopia following an alien invasion that has wiped out most of the human race.

Visit here to find out more > bit.ly / annahackettbooks (paste into your browser) In the aftermath of a deadly alien invasion, a band of survivors fights on... In a world gone to hell, Elle Milton — once the darling of the Sydney social scene — has carved a role for herself as the communications officer for the toughest commando team fighting for humanity's survival — Hell Squad.

In Half - Life you play as Gordan Freeman, a theoretical physicist who gets stuck in the middle of an alien invasion at a secret government facility and the U.S Military trying to kill everyone and everything at said secret goverment facility.