Some people like “Independence Day” for its campy take on “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”; or for its technical achievements, which won an Oscar and set director Roland Emmerich on the path for ...

Director Roland Emmerich, writer Dean Devlin, and others involved in the hit movie chatted with The Hollywood Reporter for an oral history of Independence Day. Devlin revealed that the original idea ...

It's *** scene that you can only find in the movie. But could aliens really come to earth and take over those who have seen the movie have mixed opinions? I think it's possible. I really do believe ...

After its release in 1996, the Hollywood blockbuster — you know, the one where a rag-tag team of humans led by Will Smith courageously repel an extraterrestrial threat? — has become as synonymous with ...

What films come to mind when you hear the phrase “Best Fourth of July movies”? Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic Jaws, which is now streaming on Peacock, is a great answer. You can’t go wrong with The ...

We all have questionable taste when we're in high school. It's part of being a teenager; we don't dress great, and we're still in the process of figuring out exactly who we are. It's part of growing ...

We take a look at various fields of development for the motion picture, Independence Day (1996). Jeff Goldblum is our guide through 'Area ID4' (a rip-off name of Area 51). He pretends to creep around ...

Thanks to the breathless destruction in Independence Day (1996), Godzilla (1998), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), 2012 (2009) and Independence Day 2: Resurgence (2016) — and well before his latest date ...

Independence Day is one of the biggest blockbusters out there, and its high-octane action turned Will Smith into a bonafide action hero. Over the years, fans have come back to the film time and again ...