The Stranger

Hollywood has never made a better alien-invasion film than 1953's The War of the Worlds. The creepy aliens (whose "faces" are just eerily lit tiles of primary colors) still inspire an uneasy blend of terror and awe in viewers, and the cinematic destruction—what did they do to the Eiffel Tower?—makes Independence Day's pixilated assaults look just plain silly. Forget about Transformers 2; this is the original Michael Bay extravaganza, even though it was filmed a dozen years before the birth of America's Biggest Directard. (Grand Illusion, 1403 NE 50th St, 523-3935. 7 and 9 pm, $8.) by It's Paul Constant's Birthday, Everybody!!!

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