In a not far off dystopian future women have become infertile and governments have forgotten that Orwell's ‘1984' was supposed to be a searing indictment of what NOT to do. Into this less than hopeful world arrives a young woman who has achieved the miracle of pregnancy, everyone wants the child as a cynical totem for the people, and those planning rebellion are as ruthless as those in power. Finding a reluctant but increasingly determined guardian in the form of Theo, mother and child go in sea find out more...

A monster budget retelling of H G Wells' tale of merciless all powerful aliens. This being Spielberg the family touch has been shoe horned in and we witness the rise of the death ray tripods from the view point of a less than ideal father, who rekindles his paternal instincts in the face of almost certain annihilation. The special effects are exemplary, the little acting required, faultless, but there's the crunch, Spielberg has turned Wells' subversive little piece into a family drama with some find out more...