#WarOfTheWorlds has everything an essential sci-fic action flick needs: Explosions aplenty, extraterrestrial invasions, and extraordinary lightning storms that bring not just a family but the whole world together. Steven Spielberg’s 9/11 tinged version of H.G. Wells classic novel stars Tom Cruise as a father desperately trying to reunite his family while battling aliens in a doomsday scenario. The film was praised in particular for the cast’s strong performances, as well as its innovative specia