04/26/2001 - Updated 07:40 PM ET  Encounters with beings from
strange lands  What strange creatures are you in the mood to
encounter this summer? Are you longing to experience a robotic
rendezvous with a touch of Steven Spielberg magic in A.I.; to
take a tour through a planet populated by apes; or to save the
Earth, in 2065, under attack by phantom dragonlike aliens? We
can help you select your big-screen itinerary. Take a voyage
through our list of the must-see summer science-fiction movies.
Photo Gallery  'A.I.': Spielberg's touch on a futuristic fantasy
Same old story: Audiences certainly feel comfortable with Steven
Spielberg in the director's chair; his past eight movies have
been blockbusters, six of them in the summer. This time, he has
Haley Joel Osment, who helped maneuver The Sixth Sense into the
stratosphere two summers ago. Osment plays a robotic boy living
with a human family who begins to question where he truly
belongs as he faces rejection by humans and machines alike.
Spielberg picked up