If we remembered the 81st Academy Awards in 2009, we’d recall the push to see The Dark Knight take home some major awards. While the film was nominated for various awards, it was left out of the conversation for Best Picture come Oscar night. One of the Oscar’s most beloved filmmakers, Steven Spielberg, is saying […]
The Good and Bad of Indulged Filmmakers
Some filmmakers get full autonomy. Sometimes this is good. Sometimes, not so much… When you hit a level of success in filmmaking as a director (or occasionally a producing star actor) you find that studios increasingly bend over backwards to your every whim. This can even be to the point of risky ventures with huge […]
2023 Oscar Nominations: Reasons to Cheer and Reasons to Jeer
We look at the Oscar nominations. The surprises, the nods to celebrate and some glaring omissions… The Oscar nominations for the 2023 ceremony were announced this week. It’s time to warm up your slapping hands, sorry, clapping hands and ready yourself for the main event. As with every year, there are predictable choices, and pleasing […]
Movie Review – The Fabelmans (2022)
The Fabelmans, 2022. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Judd Hirsch, Julia Butters, Jeannie Berlin, Robin Bartlett, Keeley Karsten, Sophia Kopera, Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord, Birdie Borria, Alina Brace, Sam Rechner, Oakes Fegley, Chloe East, Isabelle Kusman, Chandler Lovelle, Gustavo Escobar, Nicolas Cantu, Cooper Dodson, Gabriel Bateman, Stephen Matthew […]
Bradley Cooper to play Frank Bullitt for Steven Spielberg
Deadline is reporting that Steven Spielberg has tapped Bradley Cooper to play Frank Bullitt, the character made famous by Steve McQueen in 1968’s Bullitt, in an original story centred around the no-nonsense San Francisco cop. The new film, as-yet-untitled, will mark the second collaboration between Cooper and Spielberg after the upcoming Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro, […]
Steven Spielberg shares frustrations over day-and-date releases and rise of streaming
Steven Spielberg tells The New York Times the business of making films has almost changed too much since the pandemic began. “The pandemic created an opportunity for streaming platforms to raise their subscriptions to record-breaking levels and also throw some of my best filmmaker friends under the bus as their movies were unceremoniously not given […]
Movie Review – The Fabelmans (2022)
The Fabelmans, 2022. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Judd Hirsch, Jeannie Berlin, Julia Butters, Robin Bartlett, Keeley Karsten and Sophia Kopera. SYNOPSIS: Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, from age seven to eighteen, a young man named Sammy Fabelman discovers a shattering family secret and […]
4K Ultra HD Review – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 1982. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Henry Thomas, Robert MacNaughton, and Drew Barrymore. SYNOPSIS: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial celebrates its 40th anniversary with another 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray set that includes a code for a digital copy. This time, though, Universal included a pair of new bonus features in addition […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Poltergeist (1982)
Poltergeist, 1982. Directed by Tobe Hooper. Starring JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunn, Oliver Robins, and Heather O’Rourke. SYNOPSIS: Gen Xers like me will be happy to have Poltergeist on 4K disc. It looks and sounds amazing, although Warner Bros. didn’t commission any new extras, which is a bummer since it’s celebrating […]
Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans takes home the Toronto International Film Festival People’s Choice Award
Could we be heading into an awards season dominated by Steven Spielberg? The legendary filmmaker is looking to recover from his West Side Story letdown at the Oscars with his first awards win of the 2022/2023 season. Spielberg’s The Fabelmans won the People’s Choice Award at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. This marks Spielberg’s first […]
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