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 ...

It’s not often that a remake of a movie turns out to be better or more memorable than the original. 47 years ago, however, that’s exactly what happened. Director Philip Kaufman remade a sci-fi horror ...

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 ...