Movies about disasters—natural or human-made—have been produced since the earliest days of film. As early as 1916, a disaster with an extraterrestrial cause was ...

Director Roland Emmerich’s 1996 alien invasion movie Independence Day arrives on Netflix today and I, for one, can’t wait to watch the film for what might be the 50th time. Sure, there are plenty of ...

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In Santa Mira, California, Dr. Miles Bennell discovers a sinister force: loved ones are being replaced by emotionless duplicates. Invasion of the Body Snatchers on WLRN's Saturday Night Movie In Santa ...

In 1938, Orson Welles hosted a radio version of H.G. Wells’ “War of the Worlds” that reportedly sent listeners into a panic by treating the alien invasion as a breaking news broadcast. Skip forward to ...

Director Steven Spielbergis all set to make his long-awaited return to the sci-fi genre this year, with the hotly anticipated film Disclosure Day. Spielberg, who remains synonymous with the genre, ...