Planet 51

Planet 51 (1:31, PG) — SF, 2nd string, original Let us enumerate the other movies which this one rips off (or, if you wish, to which it pays homage): 2001, Alien, The Day the Earth Stood Still, ET, The Right Stuff,... Full review

This extraterrestrial culture feels awfully familiar. From the films to the music to the idealistic but xenophobic attitudes, they appear to be living their own parallel version of our mid-20th century. ... Full Article

Hola all. Massawyrm here. It's hard to imagine a theatrically released animated film worse than PLANET 51. The very epitome of everything -- and I mean EVERYTHING -- that is wrong about modern animated family fare, this tale is most... ... Full Article

Glipforg is just how you might imagine an idyllic American town in the 1950s: neighborly citizens greeting each other by name, driving Thunderbird-esque hovercrafts to their saucer-shaped homes, flipping floating burgers on their backyard barbecues... ... Full Article

The animated sci-fi spoof "Planet 51" makes you wonder if things might be more interesting on Planet 52. The movie's reverse "E.T." premise has a cocky astronaut (voice of Dwayne Johnson) landing on a planet where the little green men... ... Full Article

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