War of the Worlds first published by Movie Gazette, 29 June 2005 Newark blue-collar dockworker Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) is estranged from his teenage son Robbie (Justin Chatwin) and ten year old daughter Rachel (Dakota Fanning, proving once again that she is the finest actor of her generation), and divorced from Mary Ann (Miranda Otto)…
10 Sci-Fi Adaptations first published by BFI, 14 October 2021, to coincide with the release of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune Includes capsules of: Frankenstein, Forbidden Planet, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Horror Express, Starship Troopers, War of the Worlds, A Scanner Darkly, 1, The Congress, Aniara With its immense world building, vast ensemble of characters, and complicated…
First published by TheHorrorShow “They’re here.” Again. Much like a house built on top of the unrestful dead, Gil Kenan’s Poltergeist is haunted by the ghost of Tobe Hooper’s original. Few complained that the 1982 film itself drew much of its plotting from a 1962 Twilight Zone episode called ‘Little Girl Lost‘ (about a child…