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War of the Worlds (2005) Rank 3 Reviews
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
It's impossible to praise too highly the verve, skill and authenticity with which Spielberg brings off his alien invasion. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)
San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
It's hard to imagine a better movie called "War of the Worlds" than this latest from Steven Spielberg. It is, simply, the alienation-invasion movie to beat all alien-invasion movies: meticulously detailed and expertly paced and photographed, with sights ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Cineclub-Filmkritik
Im neuen Sci-Fi- Spektakel von Regisseur Steven Spielberg spielt Tom Cruise als Ray Ferrier einen nicht gerade erfolgreichen Dockarbeiter, der im Leben nicht wirklich viel auf die Reihe zu bekommen scheint. Als dann seine Ex-Ehefrau und ihr neuer Ehemann ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Cineclub-Filmkritik
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Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)
Just as Jaws made us fear the water, WOTW makes us wary of the weather. You'll never again look at lightning in quite the same way. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)
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Moose Hole (Joseph Kastner)
The originative and visually stunning first half saves the film from whatever shortcomings its weaker second half, particularly its conclusion, may deliver ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Moose Hole (Joseph Kastner)
Empire Magazine (Colin Kennedy)
A greatest-hits package from our greatest living entertainer, there is almost overmuch to admire here, but only the moments that aspire to post-9/11 relevance chill as well as thrill. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Empire Magazine (Colin Kennedy)
efilmcritic.com (Uri Lessing)
The title of the film is misleading. This is not a film about war. This is a movie about extermination. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at efilmcritic.com (Uri Lessing)
Providence Journal (Michael Janusonis)
Hero Realm (Stefan Halley)
the most adult film to come out during the summer season in years. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Hero Realm (Stefan Halley)
EnPrimeur.ca (Nicolas Lacroix)
Du pur divertissement de grande qualité. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at EnPrimeur.ca (Nicolas Lacroix)
ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Surprisingly dark for a blockbuster and delivers handsomely in terms of thrills and special effects. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Dallas Observer (Robert Wilonsky)
The filmmaker who once aimed to enchant his audiences with cheerful stories of beatific visitors from outer space now wants only to scare the hell out of us. E.T., as it turns out, is a mass murderer after all, and we are his Reese's Pieces. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Dallas Observer (Robert Wilonsky)
LA Weekly (Scott Foundas)
The imagery is startling not just for its symbolic resonances, but for the breathless intensity with which it sears the screen. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at LA Weekly (Scott Foundas)
Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
The audience is treated to one extraordinary vision after another; the sense of a world literally being destroyed around the principal actors, the sense of their flight through panic and destruction, the sense of concussion, collapse, rubble and ruin. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Cinenganos (Alex Ramirez)
Se diga lo que se diga, captará audiencias que, como si huyeran de los extraterrestres invasores, abarrotarán las salas y se sumergirán en la tibia oscuridad... ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Cinenganos (Alex Ramirez)
Film Snobs (Jimmy O)
Never Before Has Spielberg so Tragically Shot Himself in the Foot with his Ending and Never before have I been so Willing to Forgive. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Film Snobs (Jimmy O)
Empire (Colin Kennedy)
Dark and stormy, even gloomy, this is a distinctly autumnal blockbuster from the man who invented summer. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Empire (Colin Kennedy)
Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)
Drawbacks aside, with War of the Worlds , Hollywood is calling on Spielberg to deliver this summer's blockbuster, and he accomplishes the task. The movie is solid all the way around, and Spielberg's touches are everywhere. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)
filmcritic.com (Eric Meyerson)
the greatest alien invasion movie ever ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at filmcritic.com (Eric Meyerson)
eFilmCritic.com (William Goss)
The film is so fascinating in how realistically it paints its doomsday scenario that it is easier to forgive the weak, if traditional, ending. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at eFilmCritic.com (William Goss)
The Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)
Might be too realistic for its own good: The film takes perhaps a little too much glee in its abilities to manufacture mayhem. That being said, the ride is extraordinary. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at The Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Certainly one of the most lovingly crafted, end-of-the-world, cinematic feasts ever made, a spectacle of destruction and survival not even C.B DeMille could have envisioned. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Draven99's Musings (Chris Beaumont)
Do you ever sit down to write a review and find that the words just aren't there? Well, I have been trying to write this review for the last week, the thoughts are there, but for some reason the head to hand translation function of my brain is severely ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Draven99's Musings (Chris Beaumont)
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Strange as it may seem, coming from a dyed-in-the-wool horror movie nerd, this was the movie I was most excited for this summer. I loved the original film and love the Orson Welles radio play so I figured – Spielberg, aliens, end of the world, I am ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at JackassCritics.com (Grim Ringler)
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Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
It's those dark visions of destruction that stick, even when Spielberg pushes the script to an unlikely happy ending. Great foreplay, failed orgasm. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Liam Lacey)
This is B-movie material all the way, yet it's not only watchable, it's engrossing. That's because the material is in the hands of an A-talent director, who knows, as few of his contemporaries do, how to manipulate the plastic qualities of a film: the ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Liam Lacey)
Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
Alas, Robbins is far more interesting than Cruise, and you wonder what the film would have been like if their roles were reversed -- if Robbins were the loser in search of redemption and Cruise the agitated freak in the basement. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
The film isn't quite excellent, though, since it sags in the middle and starts to seem repetitive. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
For the first 100 minutes of his 117-minute film Spielberg holds the audience in a grip of fear. When Ray and Rachel take refuge in the storm cellar of a survivalist (a miscast Tim Robbins), the director's grip relaxes only a bit, but the film never ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
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ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
War of the Worlds is not vintage Spielberg, and it's on the grim side for a summer action blockbuster, but it's worth the time and money invested. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
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Steven Spielbergused to have an inerrant ability to understand how the audience was experiencing his films, to know where we were emotionally and why. In recent years, as evidenced in his last four uneven movies, he's lost some of that innate ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>
USA Today (Claudia Puig)
But expect a logical plot, and you'll walk out of the theater with a host of questions, mostly concerning procedural points of the alien attack. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)
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Fantastica Daily (Mervius)
The movie grabs us early, makes us squirm something fierce, and almost frustratingly never lets go till the very end. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Fantastica Daily (Mervius)
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Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
This is B-movie material all the way, yet it's not only watchable, it's engrossing. That's because the material is in the hands of an A-talent director, who knows, as few of his contemporaries do, how to manipulate the plastic qualities of a film. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
Seattle Times (Tom Keogh)
Fantastica Daily (Chuck O'Leary)
Almost good enough to make you forget its director is an overrated egomaniac and its star is a self-righteous nut. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Fantastica Daily (Chuck O'Leary)
Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)
Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
In terms of sheer spectacle alone, War of the Worlds is a winner. If this movie doesn't help stop or turn around the box-office slide of the past few months, then Hollywood really is in big trouble. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
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ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
There's a longstanding movie riddle that asks the following question: Is it better to have a mediocre director and a great screenplay, or a great director and a mediocre screenplay? War of the Worlds, Steven Spielberg's entry into the 2005 summer box offi ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)
... the inventor of the summer blockbuster directing the biggest movie star on the planet... It’s big, it’s loud, and it’s what you expect an “event” film to be. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)
NYC Film Critic (Ethan Alter)
Apollo Guide (Kevin N. Laforest)
There’s not much plot, depth or character development, but it more than makes up for it in relentless intensity and consistency of vision. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Apollo Guide (Kevin N. Laforest)
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
...wowing enough to silence rude, modern movie audiences in their seats. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
Nolan's Pop Culture Review (Michael A. Smith)
'...director Steven Spielberg has brought the story to this generation. And it is a story meant for this time.' ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Nolan's Pop Culture Review (Michael A. Smith)
Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Stunning. ... Fanning gives such an authentic portrayal of a terror-stricken child that you might want to call Family Services on her behalf. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
My recommendation is tempered by the fact that this started off as a great movie and ended as little more than a piece of pleasant fluff. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Spielberg and his team are master filmmakers, and it's a pleasure to see them work ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)
Spielberg's Worlds is filled with terrific scenes but ultimately, he draws the film to a predictable and utterly disappointing conclusion. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Yet another adaptation of the oft-visited alien invasion classic by H.G. Wells, Steven Spielberg (The Terminal, Catch Me if You Can) takes his turn for a credible, but a touch underdeveloped, update of War of the Worlds. Produced at breakneck speed for a ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)
War of the Worlds' is a picture without a thought in its pretty head: the Tom Cruise movie to end all Tom Cruise movies. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)
Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
It is nerve-wracking and gripping and draws specific parallels, both dramatically and visually, to 9/11, but never in a way that seems anything but natural. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
When the guy who made Saving Private Ryan uses the word 'war' in a title, audiences should believe him. War of the Worlds is brutal. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
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Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
This is one genuinely scary, disturbing movie. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Whether it represents filmmaking at its most opportunistic or most empathic will be up to each viewer to decide, but there's no denying its potency as a harrowing thrill ride. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Moviola (Jorge Avila Andrade)
No es la gran película de la década, pero sí es un claro ejemplo de entretenimiento del más alto nivel que te mantendrá, literalmente, en el filo de la butaca. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Moviola (Jorge Avila Andrade)
Perihelion Journal (Jay Antani)
so impressive in so many ways that it makes the frustration over its miserable final moments that much harder to bear ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Perihelion Journal (Jay Antani)
Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)
War of the Worlds is thoughtful, but don’t let that worry you. This is an action film concerned more with delivering thrills than making bold statements. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)
Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
Fantastic and banal, terrifying and occasionally dull, pure Spielberg and yet at times anonymous, War of the Worlds delivers multiple viewing experiences during its two-hour running time. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
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Christianity Today (Peter T. Chattaway)
Like disasters in real life, the film hits you in the gut with a vision of catastrophe, and leaves you to sort out what it all means. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Christianity Today (Peter T. Chattaway)
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) (Mark Collette)
Gritty visuals, paired with awesome sound design, create a trepidation that at moments rises to a quality we haven't seen in a Spielberg film since 1977. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) (Mark Collette)
Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
The [visual] comparisons to the terrible events of 9-11 are unmistakable and immediate. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
Palo Alto Weekly (Tyler Hanley)
efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
Certainly a grab-bag of Spielberg's Greatest Hits, but like The Beatles, there's a reason a lot of those Hits were #1 when they came out. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)
Spielberg seems to have resigned himself to the fact that he'll never match the impact of the radio show, but he's making no bones about going after that FX Oscar. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
H.G. Wells wouldn't recognize his 1898 alien-invasion novel, The War of the Worlds , in Steven Spielberg's updated film version. But Wells could probably relate to the ensuing fear and panic. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
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Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
The first two acts are overpowering specimens of effects-amped, screen-incinerating hysteria. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Zap2it.com (Dan Fienberg)
An intense sci fi experience that should satisfy viewers who crave both expensive special effects and intimate human drama, assuming that such an audience exists. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Zap2it.com (Dan Fienberg)
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)
War of the Worlds is easily the most bone-chillingly scary movie Spielberg has made, but it also taps into an unsettling kind of fear that never goes for the cheap thrill. The dread Spielberg conjures is horribly personal. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)
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A contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells's seminal classic, the sci-fi adventure thriller reveals the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it. The film stars Tom Cruise, Dakota ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Jesusfreakhideout.com Movie Reviews
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Yet another adaptation of the oft-visited alien invasion classic by H.G. Wells, Steven Spielberg (The Terminal, Catch Me if You Can) takes his turn for a credible, but a touch underdeveloped, update of War of the Worlds. Produced at breakneck speed for a ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
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On first glance War of the Worlds contains all the hallmarks of a great film from Steven Spielberg. We follow the story of Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) as he fights to keep his family alive from the alien extermination of humankind. This storytelling ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Wakinglimb.com
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We may all be dead by the time someone manages the strength to make an actual film about the attacks of September 11. Hopefully it will be from natural causes instead of subsequent terrorist action, but it will probably take a good half-century before ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
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The good parts are really good and the bad parts are really bad. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)
Although it's thoroughly retooled, H.G. Wells's scenario doesn't allow for many soft landings, and the extreme respect for havoc on view quite properly keeps the Spielbergian cutesies to a minimum. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)
The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Acting is not really the point of this movie, which seems to arise above all from Mr. Spielberg's desire to reaffirm that he is, along with everything else, a master of pure action filmmaking. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
The Onion (A.V. Club) (Scott Tobias)
In an unfortunate case of star casting, Cruise strains credibility as a hard-edged Jersey dockworker. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Scott Tobias)
Film Threat (Pete Vonder Haar)
I thoroughly enjoyed the street level perspective of the world being destroyed, it just would've been nice if they hadn't crapped out at the end. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Film Threat (Pete Vonder Haar)
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Both epic and intensely personal – a near-impossible balancing act that Spielberg executes brilliantly for the first 100 minutes. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Bloody Disgusting (Brian Juergens)
Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)
As is his wont, Spielberg can't resist stuffing the ending of the movie with a bit too much cheese and baloney. Despite those quibbles, War of the Worlds is taut, gripping and surprisingly dark filmmaking. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)
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In his latest science-fiction epic, director Steven Spielberg shows he's better at blowing up the world than anyone else alive. Unfortunately, he also shows he has no idea how to put the world back together. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
Georgia Straight (Ken Eisner)
The shadows of many movies loom over Steven Spielberg's take on War of the Worlds like so many alien tripods. There's the 1953 version, of course, of the famous H.G. Wells novel, which had suave Gene Barry battling the strange predators. And is there any ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Georgia Straight (Ken Eisner)
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That Spielberg may be too cuddly for this material is an obvious concern. But as parts of War of the Worlds prove, he possesses the ability to shake off the warm fuzzies and dive headlong into the abyss. Orson Welles -- whose take on the ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
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Much is destroyed in Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds , but the movie never quite delivers an emotional knockout blow. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
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"The beauty in this lesser in everything but the budget ($135 million) Spielberg film, is in the spectacle." ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
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The concept of mankind falling prey to an invading dominant alien species is one that seems to massage the film-going public’s paranoia in a highly profitable way. Whether we’re talking Independence Day or the TV series V (which Independence Day ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Close-Up Film (Jarrod Walker)
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Forget what Tom Cruise does outside his movies: What he does inside his movies is more than enough to wreck them. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Now that this technically impressive - but seriously flawed and self-referential - remake is finally in theaters to swell the July 4 weekend box office, conversation will doubtless shift to the lamest ending yet to a Steven Spielberg movie. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Premiere (Aaron Hillis)
Has masterfully polished mechanics, some of the most seamless CGI effects in recent memory, and the Wells veneration is admirable. However, the film takes far too many creative shortcuts, like bookended narration and aliens that make strategically ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Premiere (Aaron Hillis)
Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
War of the Worlds pushes some of the right buttons and enough of the wrong ones to make you wish that Spielberg would move on from aliens already and use his unparalleled talents to focus once more on earth. ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
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Tiscali UK
With the hype machine in full flow for Steven Spielberg's latest blockbuster, it has seemed at times that the film itself might be lost in the fascination of a star whose antics on American TV chat shows have become increasingly erratic. But, leaving the ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Tiscali UK
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Let’s begin with a quote from another film critic. That’s always fun (and less work for me). It’s a prophetic interlude from Roger Ebert, not from his “War of the Worlds†review (I haven’t read it yet) or even his “Close Encounters of the ...read the complete War of the Worlds movie review at Friday & Saturday Review
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