Vcitorian writer Herbert George Wells is best-known for his science fiction novels such as 'The Time Machine', 'The Fisrt Men on the Moon' and 'The War of the Worlds', though in his lifetime he was also a respected social commentator and non-fiction writer with a socialist political bent. Wells came to writing relatively late in life, though he was always an avid reader. He failed as a draper's assistant, a chemist's assistant and as a teacher (where he briefly had A.A. Milne as a student), until he won a scholarship to the Normal School of Science - a placement that would serve him well in his later profession - and there he studied under the tutelage of Aldous Huxley's grandfather! A man with an insatiable curiosity about the future, he has been dubbed, alongside Jules Verne, as the Father of Science Fiction. "Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race." - H.G. Wells
The H.G. Wells' fantasy classic is given a new treatment, directed by Simon Wells, the authors great-grandson. Guy Pearce is a shy inventor in the lat... Read more
Here today, gone to tomorrow. When George (Rod Taylor) sits at the controls of his new creation, he has all the time in the world. He's invented a Tim... Read more
Steven Spielberg's masterful take on the H.G. Wells classic stars Tom Cruise as a divorced New Jersey father whose weekend with kids is shattered by a... Read more
This remake of the classic H. G. Wells story stars Marlon Brando as the not-so-good doctor, whose experiments with genetics have resulted in horrific... Read more
A sci-fi classic, based on the novel by H G Wells. World civilisation is on the brink of collapse, in the grasp of an evil dictatorship. Raymond Masse... Read more
John Mills stars in this celebrated adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic. Mr Polly is a sensitive soul, idling away his days as a humble draper's assi... Read more
A super version of HG Wells' fantasy, with Claude Rains playing the scientist who experiments with a drug which, while it makes him invisible, also tu... Read more
Based on the HG Wells novel, this film about a Martian invasion of the Earth is a superior sci-fi and won an Oscar for its special effects. It was or... Read more
An eccentric professor in Victorian England develops an anti-gravity invention and uses it to travel to and inside the moon, finding an insect-like ci... Read more
Michael Redgrave stars in this chilling suspense classic that follows a group of visitors to a remote country manor as they relate their nightmares to... Read more