The Alien Movie Project

Is The Force contagious?

Parodic tourism, space cowboys and more plaid. Oh, and balls.

A blush of nipple, a tower of bangs and the politics of sound... Khaaaaaaaaan! Featuring a special interview with the amazing Dr. Scott Murphy.

Not the movie Kate meant to watch. 

Militarism, American exceptionalism, board games and a great interview with Dr. Georg Lofflmann.

Star Lord, son of Starman... discuss. 

This is not a Trans Am commercial. Or is it? Intergalactic race car culture, rebel masculinity and kinda sorta empowered-ish female characters.

Nicolas Cage is in an alien movie. Need we say more?

The sensibility of a candy cane, the survival instinct of a Christmas stocking, the cultural staying power of Coca Cola. The man, the myth, the WTF. Hooray for Santy Claus! But seriously, maybe you should put Billy in charge...

One man. One dog. And some beans. Space cowboys, frontier rhetoric and Superman parallels.

Oh the humanity... is just about absent from this movie. The military machine meets the alien machine, governance and... Glen.

Only God knows where your remote control is. Benevolent aliens in the buff, the intergalactic quest for religious understanding and a whole lot of dancing.

Put your hands in the air like you just don't care. Snoot booping, shushing and intergalactic colonialism. 

Our very first AMP soft core selection. Just in time for the holidays! Progressive female sexuality or bubbly pink astronautics? Just when was the last time you witnessed a nude video conference call with an intergalactic politician? 

Humanity, Daddy issues, bad decisions and the meaning of life. Featuring special guest Dr. Pavithra Prasad.

The Man of Steel lensed through the rhetoric of terrorism while the eternal question lingers: is Batman just Casey Jones with money? Humanity, alienhood, masculinity and a little Nietzsche. Discuss amongst yourselves.

Nostalgia, moon rock conspiracies, the politics of sound... and the real reason behind funding reduction for space exploration.

Ughhhh. Otherization, abjection and governance with a heaping side of Morgan Freeman's incredible eyebrows. 

Cobra Bubbles, cultural appropriation, sexism and adorable alien dogs.

Nostalgia, shadow narratives, cold war politics and an iron super hero from outer space.

Ginormous robots, nowhere space and more to fear from the bottom of the sea.

Suds, duds, microbes and rectal probes. Get ready to shampoo some aliens...

Goggles, menthol cools, necromongers and why hard body masculinity means never having to say you care/are sorry/have emotions/really meant to rescue that damsel...

Tip, tip, tip, tip, tip! Confounded by stairs, stymied by doors, aliens from outer space with a pet mutant on the loose. If only he had hands. Moon spoons, teaspoons, tablespoons of science and the best parody of 50's B movies we've ever watched for the Alien Movie Project. Joined by special guest Charles Horgan.

Aliens playing hey cows, Mrs. Scientist and more flying saucers than you can point an ultrasonic gun at... perhaps the saucer-iest movie of all time? The amazing Robbie Graham joins us for another interview.

The emotional economy of plants... er, men, the Victorian sensibilities of extraterrestrials, still more monstrous femininity and whether "get em!" constitutes cool rational logic.

Intellectual carrots, coffee and Arctic board meetings. 

We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I will spend the rest of our lives... am I right? Misogyny, misguided "that'll learn ems" and general shenanigans.

The upside: we found Kevin Middleton's Halloween costume. The downside: we watched Spaced Invaders. 

A pinch of magic, a minor fear of mortality... and the power of children's tears.

It's kind of about football... and it will leave you feeling concussed. We watched Flash Gordon.

You guys, they've figured out intergalactic travel... do they reallllly need batteries?

Crop dusters, the return of the quack and the female space invader.

Hooligans, shenanigans and goings on. Monstrous femininity, feral children, racism, sexism and city scapes.

Intergalactic janitors, plug and play robots, rubber ducks gone awry annnnnd Scrabble. 

If the human body is over 50% water, it apparently stands to reason that alien bodies are 100% Coca Cola. Not sure what to make of that statistic? Grab a cheeseburger and dance it out with the world's most terrifying alien in a bear suit. Product placement, advertising targets and questionable child safety standards.

Humanity, femininity, nowhere spaces and the undeniable privilege of walking fearlessly into a dark, abandoned house with a stranger. 

The Blair Witch Project meets Unsolved Mysteries... with a 10 million dollar budget. Mythmaking, humanity, visual and political rhetorics of possession. A movie within a movie within a movie... 

A recap of AMP Season 1 and a quick look at what's next! We're still not so good at the maths. And what did you learn?

The only movie to give Kate nightmares is a documentary. So there's that. Joining us for a conversation about ufology, government influence and Hollywood is none other than Robbie Graham, author of Silver Screen Saucers.

...come on and slam, in your pajamas, in space... right? And Bugs Bunny. And Michael Jordan. And Bill Murray. And magic balls.

The day shift is a pipe dream and the express train stops for no one. Can you still call them nighthawks if there is no daylight? How do you get to Shell Beach?

Resistance is futile. Or is it? Fandom and mediation in Episode 49. 

The Thin White Duke at his finest...? It's complicated.

Holy mackerel! Holy Christmas! King Kong is not actually in this movie.

Fear. Sacrifice. Pizza Dip.

His Dad totally owns a dealership.

A sub culture inside a sub culture inside a sub culture... 

So many things to say about a movie with a completely mute main character. Language as a technology of visibility, humanity and plenty of shenanigans. Watch this movie! And then watch it again.

Stylish, sonically encompassing and bleak as all get out. The AMP talks smart women, patronizing men and fabulous sweaters.

"A cross between Star Wars and the smell of ass." Jon Stewart is a very, very wise man.