What do Citizen Kane, Buckaroo Banzai, Risky Business and Ready Player One all have in common? If you read the title of this podcast you probably guessed that they’re all tangentially related to War of the Worlds! Join the MagHuge crew as we revisit the second Steven Spielberg / Tom Cruise effectstravaganza that no one asked for. This time from 2005. Yes, the very creaky Victorian-era sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells gets an update from the director who had never done aliens as baddies before, and the result is... well, let's just say it hasn't aged well, unlike Tom Cruise.

9:30 - The Sons of Anarchy

14:25 - Nora from Queens

17:45 - Asteroid City (2023)

26:40 - Escape to Athena (1979)

36:15 - War of the Worlds (2005)