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Bookmark this pageAlien Trespass (2009)
Director: RW Goodwin
Movie review
From Time Out New York
In this broad send-up of ’50s sci-fi films, small-town teenagers looking for thrills run into an alien invader; meanwhile, the local law enforcement makes stern pronouncements, andthe requisite pipe-smoking astronomer (McCormack) delivers pseudoscientific gibberish in a voice dripping confidence and condescension. All that’s missing from this would-be spoof are laughs. R.W. Goodwin has some television directing credits, and it shows; the film doesn’t look like a vintage “Watch the skies!” B movie so much as a bad boob-tube parody of one. Trust us: The originals are far more fun.
Author: Hank Sartin
Time Out New York Issue 705: April 2 - 8, 2009
Cast & crew
Director: RW Goodwin
Cast: Eric McCormack, Jenni Baird, Robert Patrick, Jody Thompson, Dan Lauria full cast
Duration: 90 mins
US Release: Apr 3 2009
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