Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams in black and white and looking bloodied, with the poster for The Day The Earth Stood Still behind him. Image by Zanda Rice One of the funniest scenes in cult classic ...

In 1951, when I had just graduated from grade school and was at the height of my obsession with science fiction, I saw a film that was to have a lasting impact on my life and my political activism far ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...

In 1951 a flying saucer plopped down on Washington’s Mall. It carried two passengers, an alien called Klaatu (Michael Rennie), who had obviously visited us before, there being no other explanation for ...

Let's get real. The only reason the original 1951 "The Day the Earth Stood Still" is considered a "sci-fi classic" is that its ratio of intelligence to spectacle was at least one-to-one. (Some would ...

Don't worry about having to memorize the phrase, "Klaatu barada nikto," in Kevin Hardy's house, because Gort isn't there. Not that Hardy wouldn't pounce on the chance to place a bid if Gort ever ...

Fox has unleashed fans on the face of Gort, Klaatu’s robot bodyguard from The Day The Earth Stood Still. The studio asked artists and enthusiasts to dream up what the giant robot guardian would have ...

There must be legions of classic-film fans gleefully sharpening their knives for "The Day the Earth Stood Still," a remake of the 1951 cult science-fiction favorite. That movie, starring Michael ...