When aliens actually do attack Los Angeles and the extra-terrestrial shit hits the fan, Aaron Eckhart knows exactly what actors he’d round up to fight them off. He told us his alien-killing dream-squad…and why Battle: L.A.‘s better than The Core.We sat down with Aaron Eckhart in an exclusive interview while he was promoting his extremely gritty alien-fighting movie Battle: Los Angeles, directed by Jonathan Liebesman. But while we were talking about how this new film is going to up the ante of the alien invasion genre, we made sure to find out who Aaron Eckhart would turn to if the the aliens really did attack LA. Then we turned his results into a poster for what could be the world’s greatest Funny or Die sketch ever — and Eckhart agrees.

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When unknown forces put the City of Angels under attack, it’s up to a Marine staff sergeant and his new platoon to come to the rescue. As the alien insurgency hits the streets of L.A., the Marines become our last line of defense against an enemy unlike any they’ve ever encountered before. Aaron Eckhart leads the cast in “Battle: Los Angeles” as Staff Sergeant Nantz, a career Marine whom he describes as being “pretty burnt out.” Michelle Rodriguez plays Elena Santos who supplies intel and becomes a key ally for Nantz and his platoon.

Movies Online sat down with Aaron and Michelle, director Jonathan Liebesman and producer Neal Moritz at Comic Con to talk about their upcoming film. They told us about their characters, how they researched their roles, what it was like making an urban combat movie about alien invasion, and how much fun they had watching Los Angeles be destroyed. Here’s what they had to say:

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The Turkish-German drama When We Leave and the Down syndrome romance documentary Monica & David have won top honors at the ninth annual Tribeca Film Festival.

When We Leave, which stars Sibel Kekilli as a mother who flees her abusive husband by moving with her 5-year-old son from Istanbul to Berlin, won best narrative feature. Kekilli also won best actress.

The jury that decided the category, which included actors Hope Davis and Aaron Eckhart, said in a statement that When We Leave “examines one woman’s struggle for personal freedom. It’s a theme that is often explored but rarely told with such humanity, subtlety, craftsmanship or immediacy.”

Monica & David, which won best documentary, chronicles the love between two people with Down syndrome. It was directed by Alexandra Codina, Monica’s cousin.

Best actor in a narrative feature film went to Eric Elmosnino, who plays the French musician Serge Gainsbourg in Gainsbourg, Je t’Aime … Moi Non Plus.

The festival also singled out two new filmmakers: Kim Chapiron, the director of the youth correctional facility drama Dog Pound, and Clio Barnard, the director of the British documentary-fiction hybrid The Arbor.

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