Steven Spielberg Filmmaker Focus: War of the Worlds (2005)

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Fri Jun 05 2026 at 02:15 pm to 04:15 pm

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1821 2nd Ave. N. , Birmingham, AL, United States, Alabama 35203 | Birmingham, AL

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In anticipation of Disclosure Day (coming to Sidewalk on June 12), we're celebrating the early 2000s sci-fi films of the great Steven Spielberg.
Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) is a dockworker living in New Jersey, divorced from his first wife Mary Ann (Miranda Otto) and estranged from his two children Rachel and Robbie (Dakota Fanning and Justin Chatwin), of whom he has custody on weekends. On one such visitation, looking after the kids becomes a little more difficult when, after a series of strange lighting storms hit his neighborhood, Ray discovers that a fleet of robotic tripods have emerged nearby, part of the first wave of an all-out alien invasion of the Earth. Transporting his children from New York to Boston in an attempt to find safety at Mary Ann's parents' house, Ray must learn to become the protector and provider he never was in marriage.
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