In this article I would like to honor one of the best things that ever happened to the movies history: Steven Spielberg. Born in Cincinnati in 1946, this man not only dedicated his life to the entertainment industry but also contributed to make it incredible and magic as it is these days. Filmmaker, screenwriter and…
It’s been 40 years since Stephen Spielberg’s Close Encounters graced the big screen. Debuting in 1977, the same year as Star Wars, Close Encounters made over $300 million at the box office – that’s over $1.2 billion in today’s dollars. With special effects from ILM, a fantastic story, superb direction from the master Spielberg, and excellent…
If you look at the history of television you should know that pilot episodes aren’t everything. Many shows change drastically from episode one and two. They can be very “don’t judge a book by its cover.” I’m not trying to be preachy to you the viewer, but more towards Fox. This fall, the small screen got…
After three season, CBS has decided to cancel the television adaptation of Stephen King’s Under the Dome. The series revolved around the fictional Maine town of Chester’s Mill and the aftermath of an unbelievable occurrence wherein an indestructible dome appears around the city and cuts them off from the world. The series was adapted for…
Brave New World is an iconic science fiction novel written in 1932 by Aldous Huxley. It’s largely considered one of the best books of all time. Now it’s up to Steven Spielberg’s production company, Amblin Television, to do it justice on the small screen. Now, brace yourself, because it will be adapted for the Syfy…
I can’t say I’m ever really excited for remakes, but if I was holding out for one this year, then I think it would be the reimagined Poltergeist. The film is directed by Gil Kenan, best known for Monster House, and produced by Evil Dead team Robert Tapert and Sam Raimi along with remake specialist…
The totally awesome and very latest addition to the Jurassic Park franchise hit the webs with an action-packed trailer recently, and people are getting a little excited. Now we’ve learned a few things about Jurassic World, and have some idea of what to expect when the film hits theaters this summer. Firstly, they got the…
My first entry in this column was the Spielberg film A.I., a movie I utterly despised as a nine-year old child but grew to admire and ultimately like following recent subsequent viewings. The year following A.I. Spielberg unleashed the Tom Cruise sci-fi actioner Minority Report, a movie that a mild-mannered ten year-old kid walked into…
