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Movie: Kin-dza-dza!

[TRAILER] Two Soviet humans previously unknown to each other are transported to the planet Pluke in the Kin-Dza-Dza galaxy due to a chance encounter with an alien teleportation device. They must come to grips with a language barrier and Plukian social norms (not to mention the laws of space and time) if they ever hope to return to Earth. A deadpan, absurdist Rusisan sci-fi comedy form 1986, about alien cultures even more haphazard and WTF? than our own, the film is also a savage satire of bureaucratic idiocy and dysfunction no matter what political system you’re living under – or what planet you’re living on. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 31, 2025 - 1 comment

Movie: Body Snatchers

[TRAILER] Teenager Marti (Gabrielle Anwar) has to move to Alabama with her stepmom Carol (Meg Tilly) and half-brother Andy when her EPA agent dad Steve (Terry Kinney) is assigned to audit the chemical use at a military base. Marti befriends Jean (Christine Elise), daughter of the base's commander, General Platt (R. Lee Ermey). When people at the base begin acting strangely, Marti becomes convinced that they are slowly being replaced by aliens. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 2, 2025 - 2 comments

Movie: Village of the Damned

[TRAILER] Ten months after the small California town of Midwich was struck by a mysterious event during which everyone in the village fell unconscious at once, 10 local women give birth on the same day. As the unsettlingly calm and unemotional children grow at an abnormally fast rate, it becomes clear that they can read adults' minds and force people to harm themselves. Local doctor Alan Chaffee (Christopher Reeve) and federal agent Susan Verner (Kirstie Alley) must team up to battle the alien children. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Dec 20, 2024 - 3 comments

Dandadan: That's A Space Alien, Ain't It?!  Season 1, Ep 2

With Momo and Ken...er, Okarun still recovering from the crash of the Serponian ship, they decide to retreat to Momo's place to seek out the counsel of her grandmother - a spirit medium of no small skill - to figure out what to do with Turbo Granny. But she's not the only threat here, as a slip in letting their guard down soon illustrates - and her curse might just be able to be bent to their ends... [more inside]
posted by NoxAeternum on Oct 31, 2024 - 4 comments

Dandadan: That's How Love Starts, Ya Know  Season 1, Ep 1

Momo is a gyaru girl with a spirit medium grandmother, while Ken is a UFO otaku and loner. But when the two clash over whether spirits or aliens are real, the conflict leads to a set of dares to go to known hotspots for the activity they don't believe in - which leads to the two learning that reality is a lot weirder (and dangerous) than they could ever have known... (cw: sexual assault/attempted rape) [more inside]
posted by NoxAeternum on Oct 19, 2024 - 5 comments

Movie: V/H/S/Beyond

Six bloodcurdling tapes unleash horror in a sci-fi inspired hellscape, pushing the boundaries of fear and suspense. Now streaming on Shudder.
posted by skycrashesdown on Oct 5, 2024 - 6 comments

Resident Alien: Homecoming   Season 3, Ep 8

Harry and Asta team up with an unlikely ally to save Earth. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Apr 9, 2024 - 4 comments

Resident Alien: Here Comes My Baby  Season 3, Ep 7

Harry learns about love and happiness. Ben learns that Joe may not be what he seems after following Liv and Mike. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Apr 2, 2024 - 4 comments

Resident Alien: Avian Flu  Season 3, Ep 4

While Harry falls in love for the first time, Asta takes Jay to a party at the rez to meet her family.
posted by miss-lapin on Mar 23, 2024 - 2 comments

Resident Alien: 141 Seconds   Season 3, Ep 3

Harry tags along on Ben, Kate and Max's family trip, hoping the mayor will lead him to answers. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Mar 16, 2024 - 3 comments

Resident Alien: The Upper Hand  Season 3, Ep 2

D'arcy inserts herself into Harry's mission, while Kate grows more uncomfortable in her own home. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Mar 16, 2024 - 0 comments

Movie: No One Will Save You

A young woman who’s been alienated from her community finds herself in a face-off against a host of extraterrestrial beings who threaten her future while forcing her to deal with her past. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Sep 29, 2023 - 10 comments

Movie: Asteroid City

The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events. [more inside]
posted by thecaddy on Jun 18, 2023 - 37 comments

Mystery Science Theater 3000: THE DAY TIME ENDED  Rewatch   Season 12, Ep 4

Rewatch! Some things happen, or do they? One of the most nonsensical movies in Mystery Science Theater 3000's ancient pantheon of nonsense. As oneswellfoop wrote, "It's like all the temporal paradoxes over the entire run of Doctor Who, Quantum Leap, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Irwin Allen's Time Tunnel, the Back to the Future movies and the episode of Babylon 5 where Babylon 4 reappeared all converged on one isolated location and didn't have clue what to do next so they ordered pizza." The episode has the return of J. Elvis Weinstein as Dr. Erhardt! Previously.
posted by JHarris on Apr 20, 2023 - 1 comment

Movie: Kids vs. Aliens

An all-time rager of a teen house party turns to terror when aliens attack forcing a small group of kids to battle for survival. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Apr 14, 2023 - 1 comment

Movie: Super 8

During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town. [more inside]
posted by skycrashesdown on Feb 11, 2023 - 4 comments

Movie: War of the Worlds

Dockworker Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) struggles to build a positive relationship with his two children, Rachel (Dakota Fanning) and Robbie (Justin Chatwin). When his ex-wife, Mary Ann (Miranda Otto), drops them off at Ferrier's house, it seems as though it will be just another tension-filled weekend. 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. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Feb 6, 2023 - 18 comments

Movie: Slash/Back

(TRAILER) The sleepy village of Pangnirtung, Nunavut, nestled in the majestic mountains of Baffin Island in the Arctic Ocean wakes up to a typical summer day. No school, no cool boys (well... except one), and 24-hour sunlight. But for Maika and her ragtag friends, the usual summer is not in the cards when they discover an alien invasion threatening their hometown. These teenagers have been underestimated their whole lives but, using makeshift weapons and what they've learned from the movies, they show the aliens you don't fuck with the girls from Pang. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 10, 2022 - 7 comments

Movie: Alien Resurrection

Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is full of surprises... as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 26, 2022 - 20 comments

Movie: Alien³

After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisoners must simply survive in any way they can. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 26, 2022 - 22 comments

Movie: Grabbers

A quaint fishing village off the coast of Ireland comes under attack from tentacled aliens. The townspeople discover the creatures' only weakness: alcohol. They'll have to work hard to stay drunk enough to defeat them. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 22, 2022 - 5 comments

Movie: Alienoid

Gurus in the late Goryeo dynasty try to obtain a fabled, holy sword, and humans in 2022 hunt down an alien prisoner that is locked in a human's body. The two parties cross paths when a time-traveling portal opens up. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 27, 2022 - 2 comments

Movie: Predators

Brought together on a mysterious planet, a mercenary (Adrien Brody) and a group of coldblooded killers now become the prey. A new breed of aliens pursues the ragtag humans through dense jungle. The group must work together to survive, or become the latest trophies of the fearsome intergalactic hunters. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 22, 2022 - 7 comments

Movie: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet. (Now in limited re-release for its 40th anniversary.) [more inside]
posted by praemunire on Aug 20, 2022 - 25 comments

Movie: Nope

Caretakers at a California horse ranch encounter a mysterious force that affects human and animal behavior. The third feature film written and directed by Jordan Peele. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jul 22, 2022 - 83 comments

Movie: Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Matthew Bennell (Donald Sutherland) notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are in some way different. When questioned later they themselves seem changed, as they deny everything or make excuses. As the invaders increase in number they become more open and Bennell, who has by now witnessed an attempted "replacement," realizes that he and his friends must escape or suffer the same fate. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jul 6, 2022 - 18 comments

Movie: Slither

Wheelsy is a small town where not much happens and everyone minds his own business. No one notices when evil slips in quietly but, when people find mutilated livestock and a woman goes missing, Sheriff Bill Pardy (Nathan Fillion) discovers an alien organism that threatens to devour all life on Earth. Also starting Elizabeth Banks and Michael Rookery. Written and directed by James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy.). [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jun 27, 2022 - 8 comments

Book: Light from Uncommon Stars

Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in Ryka Aoki's Light From Uncommon Stars, a defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian bargains, and queer alien courtship over fresh-made donuts. [more inside]
posted by DowBits on Jun 26, 2022 - 11 comments

Book: Shards of Earth

Decades after the destruction of the Earth by incomprehensibly powerful entities known as Architects, the crew of the salvage ship Vulture God is trying to keep their independence and eke out a living. But after what starts at as a promising job they find themselves caught between rival human government, alien criminal gangs, opportunists and cultists. The first entry in a new series by Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time. [more inside]
posted by mark k on Jun 7, 2022 - 3 comments

Mystery Science Theater 3000: LASERBLAST  Rewatch   Season 7, Ep 6

Re-rewatch! A kid living out in the desert gets a ray gun that also turns him green, and he takes out his frustrations in an orgy of laser violence against innocent Star Wars signs, until goofy lizard aliens stop him. It's the last episode of the Comedy Central era of the show. Previously and again.
posted by JHarris on Dec 2, 2021 - 12 comments

Invasion: Last Day  Season 1, Ep 1

Across the globe, strange and unexplainable events begin to unfold. A small-town sheriff senses something bigger is at play. [more inside]
posted by Happy Dave on Oct 29, 2021 - 11 comments

Movie: Prometheus

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Oct 20, 2021 - 54 comments

Book: XX

Drawing on Dada, punk and the modernist movements of the twentieth century, XX is assembled from redacted NASA reports, artwork, magazine articles, secret transcripts and a novel within a novel. Deconstructing layout and language in order to explore how idea propagate, acclaimed designer and artist Rian Hughes's debut novel presents a compelling vision of humanity's unique place in the universe, and a realistic depiction of what might happen in the wake of the biggest scientific discovery in human history. [more inside]
posted by one for the books on Aug 18, 2021 - 2 comments

Legends of Tomorrow: Bishop's Gambit   Season 6, Ep 6

After moving in with John, the Earth-bound Legends pick up his styling cues. It's red and black for everybody. [more inside]
posted by sardonyx on Jun 14, 2021 - 3 comments

Resident Alien: End of the World As We Know It  Season 1, Ep 8

Secrets are revealed when Harry's stuck in an icy crevasse with Asta and D'Arcy. [more inside]
posted by kitten kaboodle on Mar 18, 2021 - 12 comments

Resident Alien: Birds of a Feather  Season 1, Ep 4

“Birds of a Feather” is a beautiful love letter to family and community. The show is doing an excellent job of incorporating human-like nuances into Harry’s character. Little by little, he’s starting to acclimate to his surroundings and, well, become one of them. Naturally, this will provide fodder for internal conflict when Harry inevitably finds his device. Can he really decimate the planet after befriending some humans? (geekgirlauthority.com)
posted by sammyo on Mar 5, 2021 - 7 comments

Movie: Aliens

Fifty-seven years after surviving an alien loose aboard her ship, first officer Ripley finds herself returning to the planet where she first encountered the creature. [more inside]
posted by Fukiyama on Feb 17, 2021 - 58 comments

Resident Alien: Homesick  Season 1, Ep 2

In his first week at the clinic, Harry struggles to diagnose a strange condition: human emotion. [more inside]
posted by Major Clanger on Feb 7, 2021 - 7 comments

Movie: Wild Zero

Only legendary Japanese garage rock band Guitar Wolf can stand between a race of aliens from destroying earth with an army of zombies. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 21, 2020 - 6 comments

Book: Axiom's End

First contact happens in the year 2007. Cora Sabino, a college dropout and daughter of a famous whistleblower, unwillingly ends up in the center of it all, acting as an interpreter for the aliens.
posted by dinty_moore on Aug 8, 2020 - 6 comments

Mystery Science Theater 3000: POD PEOPLE  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 3

Re-rewatch! Four different subplots kind of meander into orbit with each other in this dubbed French/Spanish movie. Movie A: poachers in the woods encounter and break the eggs of an unworldly creature. Movie B: singers on a trip in the woods have a deadly run-in with that creature. Movie C: a lonely young boy befriends another creature of the same species. Movie D: the boy's father noisily conflicts with the lead singer from Movie B. It's another episode from a time in the show's history when almost every episode became a classic. But as for the movie itself... (O.K. sign) It stinks! It's as disjointed as it was because originally it was supposed to just be a horror movie, but then when ET came out a hasty story adjustment was made to try to get some of those cute alien movie dollars. Previously and also previously
posted by JHarris on Jun 18, 2020 - 7 comments

Into the Dark: Crawlers  Season 2, Ep 6

A St Patrick's Day pub crawl is already harrowing, but it becomes even more so when aliens strike. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Mar 13, 2020 - 1 comment

Mystery Science Theater 3000: LASERBLAST  Rewatch   Season 7, Ep 6

Rewatch! A teen with a sad life finds a laser gun in the desert, which turns out to be a particularly bad influence on him. Fortunately the claymation lizard patrol is on the case. This was the last episode in the Comedy Central run of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Previously.
posted by JHarris on Oct 24, 2019 - 8 comments

Movie: Cowboys & Aliens

A spaceship arrives in Arizona, 1873, to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. A posse of cowboys and natives are all that stand in their way.
posted by porpoise on Aug 17, 2019 - 8 comments

Movie: Outlander

During the reign of the Vikings, Kainan, a man from a far-off world, crash lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator known as the Moorwen. Though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them, Kainan leads the alliance to kill the Moorwen by fusing his advanced technology with the Viking's Iron Age weaponry.
posted by porpoise on Aug 16, 2019 - 6 comments

Book: The Lesson

An alien ship rests over Water Island. For five years the people of the US Virgin Islands have lived with the Ynaa, a race of superadvanced aliens on a research mission they will not fully disclose. They are benevolent in many ways but meet any act of aggression with disproportional wrath. This has led to a strained relationship between the Ynaa and the local Virgin Islanders and a peace that cannot last. A year after the death of a young boy at the hands of an Ynaa, three families find... [more inside]
posted by COD on Jul 29, 2019 - 5 comments

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: From the Ashes  Season 6, Ep 11

Out of answers and running out of time, the agents must face the ghosts of their past to move forward. [IMDb synopsis] Sort-of the penultimate episode - it looks like next week will be two episodes back-to-back to finish out the season (possibly the result of a preemption for sports earlier in the season). [more inside]
posted by under_petticoat_rule on Jul 27, 2019 - 6 comments

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Leap  Season 6, Ep 10

Memories are gained, lost and called into question as The Beast marches inexorably toward her objective. [more inside]
posted by under_petticoat_rule on Jul 23, 2019 - 6 comments

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Collision Course (Part II)  Season 6, Ep 9

Sarge strikes a blow against Shrike gentrification. [Writing above-the-fold summaries without spoilers is hard! -ed] [more inside]
posted by under_petticoat_rule on Jul 23, 2019 - 7 comments

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Collision Course (Part I)  Season 6, Ep 8

Sarge finally lets the team in on what he knows abut the impending Shrike invasion. He plans to go defeat them at thier assembly point but declines to detail his intended methods. Mack assigns Daisy, May and Deke to join the mission along with Snowflake. Pax and Jaco remain on board the Zephyr, which is clandestinely following Sarge's truck. [more inside]
posted by under_petticoat_rule on Jul 23, 2019 - 0 comments

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