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Disclosure Day, Spielberg and Close Encounters

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Space.com · 2d

'Disclosure Day' review: A close encounter with Spielberg's brilliance that doesn't quite make contact

Sensational performances and stunning cinematography just about cover for a predictable plot with nothing much to say.

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‘Disclosure Day’ Review: Steven Spielberg’s Invigorating Chase Thriller Taps Into the Mania for Alien Conspiracy Theory, but It Never Becomes a Close Encounter With Wonder

ScreenCrush on MSN · 2d

Is 'Disclosure Day' a secret 'Close Encounters' sequel?

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Steven Spielberg goes back to basics with 'Disclosure Day'

Steven Spielberg has a pretty good track record when it comes to otherworldly beings (aside from the weird aliens in that one "Indiana Jones" adventure).

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Steven Spielberg makes great movies. And stinkers. I ranked all 35

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Six Books That Take You to Space

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From Disclosure Day to Kelsey Lu: the week in rave reviews

Humans have been secretly abusing aliens for almost 80 years in Steven Spielberg’s big-hearted conspiracy thriller starring Josh O’Connor as a worried whistleblower and Emily Blunt as a weather foreca...

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How Close Does Steven Spielberg’s New Movie Come to the Real Disclosure Day Protocols?

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Why The ‘Disclosure Day’ Streaming Release Won’t Likely Follow Universal’s New PVOD Strategy

What is it with Spielberg and space aliens? We break down his career-long fixation

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination with extraterrestrials.

Steven Spielberg and aliens: Tracing a decades-long obsession

For roughly the first three decades of his career, Spielberg tended to take a fairly sanguine view of aliens, refusing to succumb to the disaster-movie framework of aliens attacking terrified Earthlings. That changed in a big way after 9/11, when Spielberg made a couple of Tom Cruise -starring sci-fi blockbusters grappling with a changed world.

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How Alien Conspiracy Theory Brought America Back to Magical Thinking

“Disclosure” has become a cult word. It shouldn't be, since all it means, technically, is to reveal something. But the new wave of alien conspiracy theorists have made “disclosure” into a teasingly passive-aggressive code word.

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All 5 Steven Spielberg Movies With Aliens, Ranked

Five Steven Spielberg movies have been about aliens, including Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Disclosure Day, but which of them is the best?

Close Encounters is Spielberg at his weirdest, most personal, and best

Steven Spielberg 's 1977 UFO epic Close Encounters of the Third Kind is one of the most influential and beloved sci-fi movies of all time. Its presence is still felt today — not least in Spielberg's new film Disclosure Day.