In a fast-paced sci-fi fantasy, infused with epic intentions and starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor and Colman Domingo, the filmmaker brings the rest of us home.

“Disclosure Day”, his new release, adds a cosmic plea: give peace a chance.

Driven by—or possessed—by her connection to extraterrestrials that dates back to a childhood abduction, Emily Blunt’s Margaret Fairchild is able to commandeer her local new station in Kansas City, and...