Although Smith had already showcased his blockbuster charm in Bad Boys and Independence Day, it was his role as a cop turned alien immigration officer in Barry Sonnenfeld's ingenious sci-fi comedy that turned him into a true star.
Said goodbye to Hollywood, turning down Alien 4. Currently working with Garland on a sci-fi thriller.
I remember as a small child sitting by the fire turning this alien thing over in my hands, not really knowing what it was for.
Britain has closed its borders (the Chunnel too), turning illegal aliens into Public Enemy No. 1. Theo and the other gray men and women adrift in London don't seem to notice much.
Additionally, he felt that it could be "mockable" and complained that it was "turning the aliens into a freak show, something to be goggled at, rather than truly met".
I'm not sure how many people would put the "Witch Mountain" movies at the top of their list, but those people are about to be either very happy or very miserable, as Disney has remade the 1975 science fiction/fantasy film about a pair of siblings with telekinetic powers and, as it turns out, alien origins.
In her trio "Coalesce," the folding turns alien-looking.
À deux as the Thompson twins in Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn and in Paul, an American roadtrip-turned-alien-kidnap movie which they wrote together.
This record of grinding frustration and fleeting tenderness, composed mainly of static long takes, plays out in a deadened, polyglot, pan-urban landscape of globalization's unfulfilled promise; instead of a world brought together, Tsai shows natives turned into aliens at home, who remain silent in every language.
I would lie and say I'd seen Grange Hill when I hadn't, and then somebody would say, 'Oh did you see the bit when they all turned into aliens?' – and I'd say yes, and then everyone would laugh.
