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...peril of many an ambitious epic. As he destroys Planet Earth, Spielberg spares us images of the White House splintering to pieces or blustery generals ordering tanks and fighter jets into battle; instead, we see the horrors through the eyes of Spielberg’s everyman hero, Ray Ferreira (Tom Cruise...
...Chain Reaction”) set the action in a small New Jersey town. We can identify with an inhabitant of this anonymous location, finding redemption in the midst of an alien invasion, much more than we could with a suave New Yorker. That explains why Spielberg introduces us to Ferreira, a barely involved father...
While the Ferreira children cope with the ordeal of spending a weekend with their father (Ray is divorced), the earth suddenly faces the somewhat more daunting ordeal of death-dealing tripod machines rising from the ground and massacring innocent bystanders. Apparently, the tripods were buried by malevolent aliens centuries earlier, and have now been activated by the evil extraterrestials. Cruise’s character appears to possess no special powers that equip him to survive an alien attack, other than being able to unload shipyard cargo very fast and having the skills of an excellent auto mechanic. (There?...
After what he describes as a difficult childhood, Ferreira says athletic programs are an essential positive outlet for youth...
Pool is a hard game to master, Ferreira says, but he emphasizes that practice, not luck, is the key to success. “You can only be consistent if you play every day,” he says. “You have to create muscle memory. Drill. Break it down to mechanics. Repeat it over and over so you don’t ever have to think about...