Some franchises end because they said everything they had to say. Independence Day ended because the door was left open a little too confidently. The 1996 original became a pop-culture event overnight ...

Independence Day was a once-in-a-lifetime hit that Emmerich and his collaborators were keen to recreate as long as audiences would shell out tickets for titles like Tomorrow and 2012. However, save ...

Some Spanish audiences thought clever ads for the sci-fi blockbuster Independence Day were news reports of an actual alien ...

Netflix subscribers are pressing play on Will Smith's iconic blockbuster-redefining box office hit.

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 ...

Will Smith ruled movies in the 1990s, following up his massive TV success with box office hits like Bad Boys and Men in Black. He was one of the decade’s most bankable stars, and nothing proved that ...

Even for a movie that’s engineered to be big, dumb and fun, Independence Day: Resurgence tips the scales. With aliens set to blast Earthlings to smithereens, one character actually says, “Someone call ...

Independence Day, which opened over the July Fourth weekend, turned Will Smith into a global star, birthed one of the most famous speeches in cinema history, and changed movie marketing with an ...