Steven Spielberg
Movie Review: Bridge of Spies
The Tom Hanks-starring period piece Bridge of Spies is Steven Spielberg’s best and most entertaining film since…well, his last Tom Hanks-starring period piece. In the decade-plus since the delightful Catch Me If You Can, Spielberg’s made good starchy period pieces (Lincoln), dull starchy period pieces (War Horse) and a few old-school adventure pictures that still can’t shake a certain sedateness (...[Read More]
Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks Revisit the Cold War in Bridge of Spies
A dramatic thriller set against the backdrop of a series of historic events, DreamWorks Pictures/Fox 2000 Pictures’ Bridge of Spies, starring Tom Hanks and directed by Steven Spielberg, tells the story of James Donovan, a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pi...[Read More]
Movie Review: Jurassic Park 3D
Once in a while, a movie comes along that makes such a big impact, both in the industry and among the general public, that it forever alters the cinematic landscape. One such film is 1993’s Jurassic Park, directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the bestselling novel by the late Michael Crichton. The sci-fi adventure blockbuster captured the imaginations of audiences worldwide, helped to us...[Read More]