... spoof (Independence Day, Mars Attack) or mystical (contact, 2001:A Space Odyssey). They're not a pick-and-mix genre. Apollol3 would have been absurd if it had been piloted by Luke Skywalker. The Starship Enterprise doesn't have a CAL for a brain. You ...

... Vladimir Putin speaking at an independence day party In Moscow last wog* before he departed for Spain to begin his European tour On the one hand, there are Putin's unconditional supporters - the Kremlin's inner circle and its political representatives ...

... One: Peter Hyams (1978) The Right Stuff: Philip Kaufman (1983) Alien: Ridley Scott (1979) Apollo 13: Ron Howard (1995) Independence Day: Roland Emmerich (1996) Contact: Robert Zemeckis (1997) Mars Attacks!: Tim Burton (1996) ...

... tortured presence. Director Roland Emmerich, better known for his spectacular special effects contrived action yarns Independence Day and Godzilla, is at his best with broad strokes. A powerful John Williams heightens the simplistic sense of right versus ...

... you regard as unmissabloT No Disco, Alternative Nation on MTV One? Columbo What Is the worst book you have aver road? Independence Day by Richard Ford What we you reading at present? The Provos, The IRA and Sinn Fein by Peter Taylor One desert island, ...

... in love with a gentle farmer (1/2) 6935434 7.25 NOWAY SWAPS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 7.55 AUNTIE'S SPARKLING BLOOMERS 993892 INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996). Sci-fl blockbuster in which aliens attack earth and a small band of survivors must fight back to prevent the ...

... 1999: No eemapendlng raw BETTING FORECAST: 8-11 Valley Ems, 3 Zourito, 8 lisa's Storm, 12 Independence Day, 14 Barrabuedh, Rugg 16 Noddys Hat. FORM:WIDE: Independence Day come from riff the pace to finish sth behind Mill Lane Lady in a 2m 4f beginners dime ...

... organised crime operation and took part in an early 1960 s shootout in Brooklyn. In a press conference at a Staten Island Independence Day parade, Mayor Giuliani evaded reporters' questions prompted by the article, defending his father as the finest man ...

... this is Keeble's strong sense of self-deprecation and his ability to use a tragic situation to great comedic effect. Independence Day is not all tears and heartbreak. Set against the backdrop of all the great American cities from Las Vegas to New York ...

... comic-book blockbusters to ~, Day The Earth Stood Still, with it's tragic alien hero, tribe- NO redeeming Mattes- such as Independence Day and Mars Attacks! (1996) Klaatu (1951); Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) The Tennlnstor A c)borg killingmachine ...

... difficult to be scornful. As luck would have it, our second day in Cancun was a national holiday. Surprisingly, Mexican Independence Day is Just like St Patrick's Day Except the fat Americans wandering aimlessly aren't pretending to be Mexican, there are ...

... Independent's day Nick Webb looks at the maj IT may be all about cappuccino and ponytails but the lucrative sale of quiz show Dodge the Question to the BBC shows that there is money to be made for independent television. However, the home market is fairly ...