{"id":32277,"date":"2019-12-06T22:22:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T22:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toyah.net\/?p=32277"},"modified":"2019-12-06T22:22:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T22:22:23","slug":"invasion-planet-earth-newsy-bits-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/invasion-planet-earth-newsy-bits-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Invasion Planet Earth: Newsy Bits &#038; Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SimonCoxFilm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simoncoxfilm noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-32278 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/invasion19h.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"502\" \/><\/a>A selection from the numerous <em>Invasion Planet Earth<\/em> press clips, interviews and reviews published over the last few days. Stay updated by following <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SimonCoxFilm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Simon Cox at Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Flatpack Festival<\/strong>: Interview &#8211; Simon Cox: Two decades ago, Nuneaton based filmmaker Simon Cox had an idea for a science fiction film called Kaleidoscope Man. Filmed on a shoestring budget with limited resources at locations across the Midlands, what ultimately became Invasion Planet Earth finally screens to audiences this month. We talked to Simon about an epic twenty year journey to pay homage to the sci-fi films he loved as a child &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/flatpackfestival.org.uk\/news\/invasion-planet-earth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Continue reading&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Britflicks Reviews<\/strong>: BritFlicks Reviews Simon Cox\u2019s Imaginative Sci-Fi Invasion Planet Earth: A true one off from a very wide imagination\u2026 Coming from the mind of writer\/director, Simon Cox, Invasion Planet Earth, is one of those films that is a true original. It was also made over 17 years, which by anyone\u2019s standards is a long production line! However, the film is set very much in the here and now, but of course, the question does arise, \u2018how much\u2019 of it dates from 17 years ago &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britflicks.com\/blog\/post\/9693\/BritFlicks-Reviews-Simon-Coxs-Imaginative-Sci-Fi-INVASION-PLANET-EARTH\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Continue reading&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Midlands Movies<\/strong>: Invasion Planet Earth: A number of children in the 1980s recreating their favourite TV show \u2018Kaleidoscope Man\u2019 (this film\u2019s previous title in fact) opens new sci-fi feature Invasion Planet Earth from Midlands director Simon Cox. This clever parody is a fun way to start a feature that contains more than its fair share of disaster and peril &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midlandsmovies.com\/blog\/4558436876\/Midlands-Review---Invasion-Planet-Earth\/11410154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Continue reading&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Nevermore<\/strong>: Invasion Planet Earth &#8211; Review: Reading the history of this film made me more apprehensive than it did excited &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/nevermore-horror.com\/invasion-planet-earth-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Continue reading&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Film Stories<\/strong>: Invasion Planet Earth review: Invasion Planet Earth review is a sci-fi movie made in the UK over the course of a decade \u2013 and it\u2019s worth seeking out too &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmstories.co.uk\/reviews\/invasion-planet-earth-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Continue reading&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Dark Eyes Of London<\/strong>: Invasion Planet Earth (UK 2019: Dir Simon Cox): Imagine. You&#8217;re a filmmaker, maybe not in the first flush of youth. You&#8217;ve had one not very well publicised feature made years ago, but you have a project within you so ambitious in scope that it becomes an all consuming passion. But you have little resources, financially or technically, at your disposal, to realise the vision. So what do you do &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/darkeyesoflondon.blogspot.com\/2019\/12\/invasion-planet-earth-uk-2019-dir-simon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Continue reading&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Filmuforia<\/strong>: Invasion Planet Earth (2019): Director Simon Cox (Driven) has spent seventeen bringing this labour of love to the big screen, and his perseverance has paid off &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/filmuforia.co.uk\/invasion-of-planet-earth-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Continue reading&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A selection from the numerous Invasion Planet Earth press clips, interviews and reviews published over the last few days. Stay updated by following Simon Cox at Twitter. \u2022 Flatpack Festival: Interview &#8211; Simon Cox: Two decades ago, Nuneaton based filmmaker Simon Cox had an idea for a science fiction film called Kaleidoscope Man. 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