Skipped this one because it’s by Spielberg? The 9/11- inflected take on H.G. Wells’ classic reproduces thrills from the book not captured in George Pal’s 1953 atom-age update. For this reviewer it was a big surprise — a Tom Cruise movie in which he plays an appropriately terrified character instead of his annoying big star persona. Nervous audiences loved this in 2005… it actually generates some good scares. Seen on a good Ultra-hd setup, those scares translate well to home video.
War of the Worlds
4K Ultra-hd + Blu-ray + Digital
Paramount Home Video
2005 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 116 min. / Street Date May 19, 2020 / 29.99
Starring: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin, Tim Robbins.
Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski
Film Editor: Michael Kahn
Original Music: John Williams
Written by Josh Friedman, David Koepp from the book by H.G. Wells
Produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Paula Wagner, Colin Wilson
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg’s remake of...
War of the Worlds
4K Ultra-hd + Blu-ray + Digital
Paramount Home Video
2005 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 116 min. / Street Date May 19, 2020 / 29.99
Starring: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin, Tim Robbins.
Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski
Film Editor: Michael Kahn
Original Music: John Williams
Written by Josh Friedman, David Koepp from the book by H.G. Wells
Produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Paula Wagner, Colin Wilson
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg’s remake of...
- 5/30/2020
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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