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A Brave New 'War of the Worlds'

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A scene in which Tom Cruise, foreground, and Tim Robbins struggle silently for control of a shotgun is an emotional watershed, David Edelstein says.

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David Edelstein is a film critic for New York magazine and for NPR's Fresh Air, and an occasional commentator on film for CBS Sunday Morning. He has also written film criticism for the Village Voice, The New York Post, and Rolling Stone, and is a frequent contributor to the New York Times' Arts & Leisure section.