Project X is the most amazing blend of lofty science fiction ideas and B-Movie cheesiness you will likely ever see. The film is set in the distant future where a heroic spy broadcasts a cryptic message—“The West will be destroyed in fourteen days”—just moments before his memory is erased. A team of scientists is tasked with bringing him out of a cryogenic freeze … More
Translating your favorite novels to screen is a treacherous path. How do you get all those great ideas on to the screen — or maybe you just have to pick a few of the best ones and run with them. However they did it, these films got it right.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978
A horror thriller that makes you paranoid just by watching it, Invasion of the Body Snatchers turns a normal, busy metropolis into the center of a grotesque alien invasion. Extraterrestrial spores infect the city … More
A Trip to the Moon 1902
Ingenious and groundbreaking, A Trip to the Moon, takes you on a fanciful journey to the Moon, where a scientific expedition encounters a comically fragile race of nasty aliens. An international blockbuster, it was the Star Wars of … More
A Clockwork Orange 1971
A roller coaster ride of violence and dark humor, A Clockwork Orange, follows a cheerful – and brutal – young hoodlum who steals what he pleases with a smile and a swift punch. In a future England, he and his mates go … More
The Day the Earth Stood Still 1961
A tense drama about first contact with aliens, The Day the Earth Stood Still tells the story of an alien messenger sent to Earth with a stern warning for the human race. Upon landing, he is shot by a nervous soldier as … More