Wernher von Braun begins the film Challenge of Outer Space by saying, "The conquest of outer space is the greatest technological challenge of the age in which we live." Even before a manned ...

This week we continue our look at Atom Age Horror with I Married a Monster from Outer Space. We cover the luridly named paranoid SF movie -- a film rife with subtext about homophobia, gender roles ...

From all accounts so far, the special effects and visions of outer space in the movie are being hailed as second-to-none. Every few years — and sometimes every couple of months — a movie comes ...

On its surface, writer-director Jordan Peele’s “Nope” is a classic-style adventure straight out of those popular science-fiction movies from the 1950s. Someone or something is observing ...

Movies set in outer space often bend the rules of physics slightly, but they can be more powerful and immersive if they stick to scientific fact.

The Flying Saucers and Teenagers From Outer Space, but the real impact of the fad could be felt on pop radio, where it seemed like a new novelty song about Martians or UFOs was coming out every week.

If commercial ventures pick up where the space shuttle program leaves off, what will outer space look like? Bob Mondello says they might take a lesson from Hollywood, which has already boldly gone ...