Contact

(1997)

SYFY, 9.00PM ★★★

 Based on a novel by Carl Sagan, Robert Zemeckis’s film has a grandiose vision, but is too uneven to be taken seriously. It does, however, boast a glowing performance by Jodie Foster. She plays an astronomer who is devoted to searching for signs of extraterrestrial life, and one day she decodes a message which contains instructions for building a space machine. The film also stars Matthew Mcconaughey, John Hurt and Angela Bassett.