Posts Tagged ‘E.T.’
Film Review – Ready Player One
The road that brought Ready Player One (2018) to the big screen was a circular one. We start with Steven Spielberg, the most successful director in cinema history. His work, from Jaws (1975), E.T. (1982), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and Jurassic Park (1994)…
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Film Review – Monster Trucks
Here is yet another opportunity for us to discuss how movies that barely register a reaction are usually the hardest to review. Monster Trucks (2016) is such a forgettable experience that it’s a struggle for me to write a full-length article on it. I’m clearly…
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Film Review – The BFG
This is a total guess, but something tells me that Steven Spielberg’s heart wasn’t into The BFG (2016). You would think that the material was tailor made for him. This is the director who has become synonymous with wonder and awe, telling stories with earnest…
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Film Review – Home
DreamWorks’ animated adventure Home (2015) is the cinematic equivalent of cotton candy. It’s colorful and sugary sweet, but disappears almost immediately after consumption. There’s not much substance going on here, and whatever emotion it tries to reach toward remains on the surface at best. That’s not…
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Episode 203 – Steven Spielberg
In honor of the release of Lincoln, Spencer and Greg discuss Steven Spielberg.
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Episode 194 – DVD Rundown 10-9-2012
Spencer and Greg give their DVD rundown for October 9th, 2012. In this episode they discuss Prometheus, Rock of Ages, Dial M for Murder, and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.
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An Analysis – Best Picture Academy Awards and the Test of Time
The annual festival of Hollywood-types congratulating each other for their ability to play make-believe really well while flaunting a garish display of uniquely American excess is rapidly approaching. Of course I’m talking about the annual Academy Awards. As a concept, and looking at the amount…
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The Good, the Bad and the Hershey’s – The Ins and Outs of Product Placement
A lot of people see ‘product placement’ as a dirty term, where faceless advertising companies diminish all artistic merit from film and instead use them as advertisements to hawk their branded wares to the public. We’ve all seen it; sometimes it can be subtle and…
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