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      • War Of The Worlds. The story may be sci-fi, but the product is a horror film, plain and simple: a brilliantly constructed scaring machine.
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  2. War of the Worlds: Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin. An alien invasion threatens the future of humanity. The catastrophic nightmare is depicted through the eyes of one American family fighting for survival.

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    • 2005-06-29
  3. War of the Worlds is a 2005 American science fiction action-thriller film [b] directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp, loosely based on H. G. Wells' 1898 novel, The War of the Worlds.

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    (Photo by Universal Pictures) As early as 1964, when a 17-year-old Spielberg made a $500, 140-minute film called Firelight, his view towards the night skies (as well as life in general) represented more of a hopeful outlook than a cynical one. (He once questioned the screenplay of Used Cars for suggesting that politicians were in it just for the gr...

    (Photo by (c)DreamWorks, (c)Paramount, (c)Universal courtesy Everett Collection) While Spielberg never formally gave them a name the way fellow directors like John Carpenter (The Thing, Prince of Darkness, In the Mouth of Madness = The Apocalypse Trilogy) or Oliver Stone (Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, Heaven & Earth = The Vietnam Trilogy) di...

    (Photo by (c)Paramount courtesy Everett Collection) Spielberg’s relationship with his own parents — particularly his father — is well documented in his filmography and further fleshed out in Susan Lacy’s 2017 HBO documentary. Understandably, in War of the Worlds, Cruise’s Ray is not exactly the father figure his estranged children need in their tim...

    This may be a controversial claim, given that Steven Spielberg is responsible for two of the all-time most popular terror rides (Jaws and Jurassic Park) and at least an assist on a third (Poltergeist, which he produced and co-wrote), but it’s certainly worthy of debate. He drops us in the water and then traps us on the Orca in Jaws — never let anyo...

    (Photo by Paramount Pictures) War of the Worldsis usually not regarded with the same deference as Spielberg’s other timeless blockbusters, but it may surprise some to learn that it is still Tom Cruise’s highest-grossing domestic film with over $234 million at the box office. The ending remains a point of contention for critics of the film, and some...

    FandangoNOW (rent/own), Amazon (rent/own), Google (rent/own), iTunes (rent/own), Vudu (rent/own) War of the Worldswas released on June 29, 2005. Thumbnail image by (c)Paramount courtesy Everett Collection

  4. Oct 6, 2023 · The history of War of the Worlds is tied to horror due to the infamous Orson Welles radio adaptation that inspired real panic.

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  5. Jun 28, 2005 · Creaking Havoc. Action. 116 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 2005. Roger Ebert. June 28, 2005. 5 min read. Death and destruction come from above and below in "War of the Worlds." Here, Tom Cruise has a revelatory science fiction experience and, wisely, tries to decide which way to run.

  6. Jun 29, 2005 · War Of The Worlds (2005) Reviewed by Paul Arendt Updated 01 July 2005. Contains sustained menace, threat and moderate horror. Lightning storms herald the arrival of alien monsters in...

  7. Steven Spielberg's adaptation of War of the Worlds delivers on the thrill and paranoia of H.G. Wells' classic novel while impressively updating the action and effects for modern audiences.

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