But despite its bizarre gags and weirdo space trolls, “Mars Attacks!” falls well short of the big 1996 hit that it will inevitably be compared to. “Independence Day” drew upon countless ...

Independence Day wasn’t the only star-studded alien invasion flick to come out in 1996. That year, Tim Burton saluted the campy sci-fi epics of decades past with his big-budget B-movie Mars ...

Jack Nicholson as the president of the United States. Jack Nicholson as a Las Vegas hustler. Little green men who say “ack-ack,” leer at Playboy centerfolds and turn the entire U.S. Con… ...