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*The new sci-fi film “War of the Worlds 2025” promised an edgy update of H.G. Wells’ classic tale. Directed by Rich Lee, it stars Ice Cube as Will Radford, a DHS officer uncovering an alien invasion.

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In 1938, Orson Welles hosted a radio version of H.G. Wells’ “War of the Worlds” that reportedly sent listeners into a panic by treating the alien invasion as a breaking news broadcast. Skip forward to ...