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 ...

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 ...

After its release in 1996, the Hollywood blockbuster — you know, the one where a rag-tag team of humans led by Will Smith courageously repel an extraterrestrial threat? — has become as synonymous with ...