Posts Tagged ‘David Koepp’
Film Review – Disclosure Day
Steven Spielberg’s life-long fascination with extraterrestrial life, intergalactic confrontations, and humanity’s place amongst the stars continues with Disclosure Day (2026). While the most financially successful filmmaker in the history of cinema has returned to this arena multiple times – whether it be E.T. (1982), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977),…
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Episode 145 – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
For this podcast episode, we review the revamped, rebooted Harrison Ford adventure sequel, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. We also try to predict the success of the summer’s remaining tentpoles, given the year’s disappointing box office. For our streaming homework, we discuss the…
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Film Review – Kimi
In 2013, director Steven Soderbergh announced that he would be taking a leave from filmmaking. Since then, he’s arguably been more prolific than ever, heading numerous movie, TV, and off-Broadway projects. Apparently, his short-lived hiatus only worked to spark his creativity. He’s one of the few filmmakers…
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Film Review – Inferno
“If Dante’s Inferno was less like poetry and more like prophecy” As someone who hasn’t read the book Inferno was based on, I would like to say that this film makes it on my list of top 10 movies to watch this fall. I enjoy…
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Film Review – Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
The first time we saw the character of Jack Ryan on the screen was in The Hunt for Red October (1990), played by Alec Baldwin. Since then, he’s been portrayed by Harrison Ford (Patriot Games/Clear and Present Danger) and Ben Affleck (The Sum of All…
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Film Review – Premium Rush
Let’s say I gave you the opportunity to see a thriller directed by David Koepp (Stir of Echoes, Secret Window) that stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the hero and Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road, Take Shelter) as the villain. You’d probably be fairly excited, right? So why…
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