The film combines the fear of aliens invading us (an old sci-fi trope) with a spectacular war of the gods.

NEWYORKER: X-Men

FORBES' Kerry Dolan reports on page 74 on his moves to open up his economy even as the gods of war thunder around him.

FORBES: Sidelines

Its fiery colour and erratic movement across the night sky terrified the ancient Greeks and Romans, causing them to name the planet after their gods of war.

ECONOMIST: Martian chronicles