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MARS ATTACKS!
June 11, 2014  | By David Bianculli

IFC, 10:00 p.m. ET

 

This 1996 Tim Burton comedy is an inspired takeoff on those intentionally tasteless Mars Attacks! vintage trading cards of the same name (yes, you read that correctly), with a sparkling cast and special effects to match. Jack Nicholson plays a flashy dual role, Annette Bening and Sarah Jessica Parker offer very strong support, and the scene in which Lisa Marie, as an alien disguised as an odd femme fatale seducing White House aide Martin Short, is Tim Burton at his oddball best.

 
 
 
 
 
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