War of the Worlds

Do not get the wrong expectations when you go to see this movie. Too many people are smashing it because it was not what they expected or wanted. See the 1953 original. First thing said. It pays homage to it by... Full review

Imagine going to the movies and taking a combination of Independence Day and Jurassik Park. That is what Steven Spielberg accomplished with this masterpiece!! Tom Cruise portrays Ray Ferrier, just a typical father going to watch his kids for the weekend.... Full review

Some movies just won't have the same effect at home as they do on the big screen with great sound. This is one of them. Whatever you might think of Cruise, etc., Spielberg can direct his ass off and make a... Full review

What a deception! I... Full review

Absolutely horrible. I can't believe that much money was spent on a movie that takes a shortcut to finish itself off. Horrible.... Full review

This movie is a waste of 10 dollars... the ending will leave you shocked, never did you think something so crappy can come out of Steven Spielberg, i say go watch Herbie: Fully Loaded that is better i bet... Full review

What a shame. Spielberg takes a good story and slaughters it. Poor direction and bad writing really send this one up on the *Stink-O-Meter... Full review

DO NOT WATCH THIS FILM. IT SUPPORTS SCIENTOLOGY! IT CLEARLY DISPLAYS IT ON THE POSTER OF THE MOVIE IN FINE PRINT AT THE VERY BOTTOM. IT READS SOMETHING LIKE THIS, "30% of the proceeds of this fine film will further fund... Full review

Okay...I dragged the entire family out on a week night to see-what they portrayed as-a great movie...Ummmm...far from it!!! Let me start off by saying the movie moved way too fast in the beginning and then dragged on througout the end.... Full review

I wanted to love this movie. The first hour or so is awsome, until we meet Tim Robbins in his basement. Tim Robbins is a good actor, and even Tom Cruise did a good job. The movie then turns really ugly,... Full review

Cruise is actually very good at what he does.....Not every one of Cruise's moments in War of the Worlds is top drawer, admittedly, with the actor faltering during the film's quieter, more introspective moments.....along with Cruise's masterful playing of the scene --....In two very different movies, playing two very different men, Cruise found a perfect director in Spielberg.....Interestingly, his best performances aren't necessarily in the movies that have the most arthouse cachet..... ... Full Review

The truth is, flaws aside, "War of the Worlds" is a fantastically entertaining picture of mass destruction, made from one of the best in the biz.....The first glimpse we get of the Tri-Pod is one of the most effective and tensest cinematic scenes in recent years.....This happy family includes Dakota Fanning, who does child actors proud as the precocious Rachel, and Justin Chatwin as the rebellious Robbie..... ... Full Review

The truth is, flaws aside, "War of the Worlds" is a fantastically entertaining picture of mass destruction, made from one of the best in the biz.....The first glimpse we get of the Tri-Pod is one of the most effective and tensest cinematic scenes in recent years.....This happy family includes Dakota Fanning, who does child actors proud as the precocious Rachel, and Justin Chatwin as the rebellious Robbie..... ... Full Review

Watching the new super-hyped, big budget Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise sci-fi spectacular, War of the Worlds, I felt strangely detached and uninvolved. Review by Andrew L. Urban: Meticulously set up with the human relationships to the fore, War Of The Worlds begins with a solid half hour or so in which Ray (Tom Cruise) is shown - rather heavy handedly - to be a hapless father with little connection to his children. ... Full Review

For the most part it is a wonderful film, both entertaining and extremely well made. The last half of the film starts to suffer, however. this keeps the film from the true greatness it could have had ... Full Review

Wow, War of the Worlds? If you failed to watch Tom Cruise's 'War Of The Worlds', you are most probably not aware of the fact that the birds were the one who deactivated the tripod's (alien's pimped ride) force field/shield. ... Full Article

Showing an uncanny sense for picking projects with commercial viability and critical approval, Spielberg directed 17 films between 1974, the year of his first feature-length film, The Sugarland Express , and 1998, the year Saving Private Ryan won Spielberg his... ... Full Article

Paramount has picked up Ian Stone's original screenplay Patriot Down , reports Risky Business . Brad Weston and Kevin J. Walsh are producing. The story involves the U.S. president stuck in an unusual situation. ... Full Article

A fake newscast about a Russian invasion sent some residents of neighboring Georgia into a War of the Worlds -like panic over the weekend. Saturday night's broadcast recalled memories of the brief war between Russia and Georgia in August 2008,... ... Full Article

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a look at the teaser poster for Steven Spielberg's alien invasion mega-flick WAR OF THE WORLDS. Surprisingly, it doesn't incorporate any of the alien-hand-holding-the-earth goodness that's all over the official site. ... Full Article

Though he died more than 50 years ago, novelist H.G. Wells was a visionary, and many of his visions have stayed with us. A utopian and socialist, Wells nevertheless wrote dark books that were out of step with the progressive... ... Full Article