Tag: War of the Worlds
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Water Cooler: The Last Dance, Best in Show, War of the Worlds, Magic For Humans, Braven, Looney Tunes, Homecoming, Ilm, Community & More
On the May 22, 2020 Episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler. Opening Banter: Ben will return next week! At The Water Cooler: What…
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‘War of the Worlds’ Review: The Sci-Fi Classic Gets the ‘Walking Dead’ Treatment on Epix
The entertainment landscape is not exactly hurting for adaptations of H.G. Wells’ alien invasion novel War of the Worlds. We’ve got em’, from the 1938 radio drama that basically pranked the world into a panic, to Steven Spielberg’s underrated 2005 take that saw Tom Cruise sprinting through the apocalypse. It’s a great story, and every…
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BBC’s ‘War of the Worlds’ Trailer Brings the Alien Tripods to Edwardian England
Steven Spielberg had the aliens from H.G. Wells classic sci-fi invasion story War of Worlds tear through Boston and the rest of the modern world back in 2005, which feels like a lifetime ago. Now the BBC is giving the story a new adaptation in the form of a miniseries, but as the War of…
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With ‘War of the Worlds’ and ‘Munich’, Steven Spielberg Confronted the War on Terror
(Welcome to 21st Century Spielberg, an ongoing column that examines the challenging, sometimes misunderstood 21st century filmography of one of our greatest living filmmakers, Steven Spielberg. In this edition: War of the Worlds and Munich.) In 1993, Steven Spielberg reached the pinnacle of his career. The perfect encapsulation of his considerable talents. In June of…
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‘War of the Worlds’ TV Series with Greg Kinnear to Invade Airwaves in the Near Future
H.G. Wells’s sci-fi classic War of the Worlds has undergone many adaptations already, but a few more won’t hurt. Fox Networks Group is mounting a new War of the Worlds TV series, likely starring Greg Kinnear. The timing on this is a bit odd, since the BBC is about to premiere a War of the…
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‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ Rising Up Tom Cruise Box Office Records
The latest installment of the ‘Mission: Impossible‘ franchise has only been in U.S. theaters for a week but is already proving one of Tom Cruise’s biggest box-office hits.The sixth part of the spy thriller series took $61.2 million on its opening weekend, setting a new record for the franchise in which Cruise plays secret agent…
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Weekend Box Office: ‘Mission Impossible – Fallout’ Reigns With Franchise-Best $61.5 Million
Cue Henry Cavill’s shotgun arms! To the surprise of absolutely no one, Mission: Impossible – Fallout absolutely dominated the box office this weekend, exceeding expectations to take in $61.5 million in its first-weekend debut. The numbers are good enough for a franchise high—the film hauled in $6 million more in its opening weekend than Mission:…
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‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ Debuts With Franchise Best, $61.5M Opening
This weekend saw Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout top the weekend box office with the franchise’s largest three-day opening as well as star Tom Cruise’s second largest opening of his career. Meanwhile, Warner Bros.’s animated feature Teen Titans Go! To the Movies struggled and fell short of expectations. Overall, the weekend was up ~6% compared…
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Steven Spielberg Tackling DC Comics Movie ‘Blackhawk’
Steven Spielberg is jumping into the world of DC Comics.The iconic filmmaker is tackling his first DC Comics property, the World War II action-adventure hero Blackhawk.Spielberg, along with his Amblin Entertainment, will produce Blackhawk for Warner Bros., and is developing it as a directing vehicle, the studio announced Tuesday. The move reteams him with the…
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Ready Player One – do you buy Spielberg’s vision of virtual reality? Discuss with spoilers
The director has received positive reviews for his first sci-fi movie in over a decade. But do you find his digital wonderland convincing or overly corporate?This article contains spoilersThere are so many potential competing narratives to discuss when looking at Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One, so many ghosts in the machine vying for our attention.…