Science fiction films often anticipate the future. Invasion movies, a popular niche, might give us a clue about our own. What do I mean by invasion? Aliens and microbes from outer space, earthly ...

Is it the best in the franchise after the 1979 original and its 1986 sequel?

Abel Ferrara’s Body Snatchers doesn’t get nearly the credit it should for changing up the formula of the two previous adaptations. Let’s break down why it plays so differently.

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 touted in The End of the World, a ...