Now Playing: WAR OF THE WORLDS in Canada!

Pop that popcorn, grab those cold drinks, and head to the TV room, my neighbors to the North–the invasion is about to happen! War of the Worlds, in a re-imagining brought to you by Urban Myth Films, starts up on the CBC Wednesday, October 7, at 8:00 PM. In the […]

How to Survive a Global Disaster: Lessons from WAR OF THE WORLDS

Global disasters take all shapes and forms these days: climate change, viral pandemics, economic downturns that ripple across the world, violence and governmental turmoil resulting in waves of refugees and people suddenly with no homes. The threat of alien attack and human genocide is not really high on our list […]

Darwinism In Action: WAR OF THE WORLDS, Episode 6

Trafalgar Square never looked so bleak. Their hide-out discovered, the London survivors make their way to Bill’s laboratory at the Medical School, their dead specimen bouncing along in the shopping cart. We finally know what this promotional still is all about: Episode 6 offers more evidence that some of the […]

So, Where Are You Going? WAR OF THE WORLDS, Episode 5

It is a bit odd, I admit, to be watching this series while stocking up the pantry and engaging in “social distancing” in my own home, a response to the growing danger of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the world. I am going to stick with it, although it is possible […]

They’re Here! WAR OF THE WORLDS Has Begun

Europe got them first, but now “they,” whoever they may be, are here in the USA. War of the Worlds, Howard Overman’s retelling of the classic Wells story, began its series run on EPIX Sunday night. “Retelling” is not really an accurate description. Overman has taken the bones of the […]

WAR OF THE WORLDS: More Interviews, Part 3

You will either be happy or sad to hear this might be the last translated interviews posting. It is a bit lighter in tone than the previous two, but only a bit . . . There is one interview translated from French and two from German. As far as I […]