MOVIE: PLANET 51

“They’re gonna eat our brains for dinner!” The strangest thing about the alien in Planet 51, is that he’s human and not all that fussed about brains. When Charles ‘Chuck’ Baker’s spacecraft lands in Glipforg, he expects he’s the next Neil Armstrong of new uncharted territory but finds out how very wrong he is. He meets Lem, the 15 year old ‘alien’ and they become unlikely friends as Lem helps Chuck find his way back to his spacecraft. References to infamous Sci-Fi films (ET, Aliens, Star-Wars to name a few) will keep the adults entertained and although Planet 51 isn’t of the same calibre of recent animated releases such as Coraline, Ponyo and Up, it is still amusing. (NG)