When John Carpenter’s “The Thing” was released in 1982, it bombed. Steven Spielberg’s “E.T.,” by contrast soared, becoming a national phenomenon. Still, the two share a bond in Chris Nashawaty’s new ...

You could cite many years as "the best" for sci-fi films — but when it comes to raw quality, quantity, and influence, it's ...

For cinephiles of a certain age, it is impossible to conceive of a world without a summer movie season. Kicking off on the first weekend of May (or, occasionally, the last weekend of April) and ...