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Steven Spielberg's new film appears to have many similarities to The X-Files, and the director would be wise to look at one episode in particular.
Spielberg has returned to the subject of extraterrestrial life with his new blockbuster. But, falling far short of Close Encounters and ET, it's a major disappointment.
Spielberg's new thriller centers on a massive U.S. conspiracy to hide the fact that aliens have been visiting Earth for decades. If anything, though, the movie's pleasures feel more retro than timely.
Steven Spielberg and aliens is like cinematic peanut butter and jelly. His "Disclosure Day" is a thriller about a massive government alien cover-up.
War of the Worlds was an obvious and devastating response to the carnage of 9/11, updating the classic novel to a modern-day depiction of a society coming undone in the face of an apocalyptic alien invasion.
Steven Spielberg returns with Disclosure Day, a sci-fi film about alien encounters starring Josh O'Connor and Emily Blunt, arriving June 12.