The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is being visited by creatures from light-years away.

Steven Spielberg thinks his latest alien film is his most realistic alien movie yet. The director explained in a new interview how he dove into "Disclosure Day" looking to make it more factually accurate to aliens arriving on Earth than his iconic films "ET" or "Close Encounters of the Third Kind,

You've seen the famous aliens, planets and scientists, but now it's time to venture even farther into the depths of space.

Steven Spielberg’s fourth film about alien encounters is “Disclosure Day,” following “ET: The Extra-Terrestrial,” “War of the Worlds,” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” That inspired us to take another look at what Roger Ebert thought about some of the most famous and infamous alien movies,

Steven Spielberg has spent nearly 50 years asking whether humanity is alone. With Disclosure Day, he sounds less interested in imagining the answer than in ... Read More

Quickly swapping her Prada heels for frightened glances and an alien invasion in Disclosure Day , Emily Blunt may be confronting a sci-fi benchmark she quietly set years ago.

Exclusive: What makes a great science fiction movie? Prof. Lisa Yaszek dives into the commonalities among iconic sci-fi movies across the decades.