War Of The Worlds integrated post-9/11 fears into an alien invasion, and was one half of a crushing Spielberg double feature.
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- E.T. saw Spielberg welcome an alien into his childhood memories and make an all-time smash. From the archives:
- Both the director and the actor are set to receive honorary awards at next year's Oscars, along with animator Floyd Norman and producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler.
- It’s rare for a TV series to reach a new creative peak in its fourth season. Then again, The Legend Of Vox Machina has always been full of surprises.
- The latest film from Gregg Araki opens in theaters this July.
- The Hopper actor believes that Eleven is dead, "Until Netflix needs to raise their subscription rate."
- Like leaping into a frozen river, The Currents is a bracing plunge into the psychology of a struggling woman. Our review:
- Find Your Friends is less of a game of cat-and-mouse than it is a nothingburger of party scenes. Our review of the distasteful (and dull) thriller:
- When someone inside Bravo leaked details of the Summer House reunion, Lawrence took it upon herself to figure out who did it.
- The 2026 Christmas special is no more, and Russell T. Davies has left the BBC series.
- The Listeners buries an enticing character study under layers of scandalous, thought-provoking ideas that the show doesn't actually care to examine. Our review:
- Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, and Bill Burr also star in the sequel to 2010's The Social Network.
- Michael Mann's 1986 thriller introduced cinema to one of its great villains. 40 years later, it's getting a fresh coat of paint.
