With a tantalizing plot that evokes bone-chilling cosmic terror, The Fourth Kind is filled with promise. If only its director hadn't been so consumed with one-upping Steven Spielberg.
Directors like Spike Jonze and Quentin Tarantino may have come close to directing scifi, but they rank among people like Martin Scorsese and Michael Mann who should be working in the genre.
Scientists have learned to induce the illusion of pain in fruit flies using laser lights, a form of mind control that could one day save us from alien invaders who use subliminal messaging through TV.