HG Wells
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
War of the Worlds ( Blu-ray ) (2005)
6.5/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Ann Robinson, Gene Barry, Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins, Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning,...
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
H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds: An Historical Perspective (2005)
Director: Rod Pyle
H.G. Wells' classic tale of interplanetary invaders landing on Earth has enthralled audiences around the world for decades. This intriguing two-part d... Read more
War of the Worlds (2005)
6.5/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Ann Robinson, Gene Barry, Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins, Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning,...
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
The Time Machine (2002)
5.9/10
Director: Simon Wells
Starring: Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba, Jeremy Irons, Mark Addy, Orlando Jones
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
Hollow Man ( Blu-ray ) (2000)
5.7/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Josh Brolin, William Devane, Elisabeth Shue, Kim Dickens
Paul Verhoeven's nasty, high-tech variation on "The Invisible Man" stars Kevin Bacon as a self-absorbed scientist working on a government invisibility... Read more
Hollow Man (2000)
5.7/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Josh Brolin, William Devane, Elisabeth Shue, Kim Dickens
Paul Verhoeven's nasty, high-tech variation on "The Invisible Man" stars Kevin Bacon as a self-absorbed scientist working on a government invisibility... Read more
The Island of Dr Moreau (1996)
4.4/10
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis, Temuera Morrison
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
The Island of Dr Moreau (1977)
5.9/10
Director: Don Taylor
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Nigel Davenport, Richard Basehart, Barbara Carrera
Burt Lancaster stars in the title role as the deranged scientist, who uses his remote island as a base for experiments in creating half-human, half-an... Read more
First Men in the Moon (1964)
6.7/10
Director: Nathan Juran
Starring: Edward Judd, Lionel Jeffries, Martha Hyer
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
The Time Machine (1960)
7.6/10
Director: George Pal
Starring: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Tom Helmore, Sebastian Cabot
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