Steven Spielberg
Movie Review: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
4 stars out of 5 I was 12 when Raiders of the Lost Ark came out, and the lost ark of the Covenant was mentioned in the Haftorah portion at my bar mitzvah. Needless to say, I have an awful of lot of emotional energy invested in the character of Indiana Jones. And though hard […]
Movie Review: The Fabelmans
5 stars out of 5At some point in the near future I’ll likely dig into what’s real/what’s made up in this movie, but at the moment I honestly don’t care because I’ve just seen a basically perfect film and I want everybody to know! Based loosely on his own life, Steven Spielberg puts his all […]
Movie Review: Jurassic World—Dominion
4 stars out of 5Spoiler alert: This whole movie is about Liz Cheney and her Deep State cronies hiding all the compromised Dominion voting machines on Isla Nublar where they’re attacked by velociraptors and the TRUTH. OK, no, it’s just another installment in the Jurassic Park/World series, and if we can believe the hype, it’s […]
Movie Review: West Side Story
5 stars out of 5The closest I ever came to seeing West Side Story before was the Michael Jackson “Bad” video, and Chris Elliott as Marv Albert singing “Somewhere” on Letterman. (“There’s a place for us — YES!!”) But Spielberg is my boy, so I figured I’d give the new version a shot. And all […]
Movie Review: Ready Player One
4.5 stars out of 5 I don’t often seek out the 3D versions of movies, but when I read a must-see-it-this-way write-up on that site that always appears when you Google “Should I see [movie] in 3D?”, I made it my mission to don the glasses. And thus found myself in the Edgewater Multiplex’s xPlus […]
Movie Review: Bridge of Spies
4 stars out of 5 I learned a little about captured pilot Francis Gary Powers as a schoolboy, and then I guess his name came up again after the band U2 got famous. But I can’t say I’ve given him a lot of thought since. Honestly, I didn’t even know that this movie was based […]
Movie Review: Lincoln
4 stars out of 5 About 90 minutes in, I was thinking, “I will reluctantly give this four stars out of five.” My feeling was, very well made, expertly performed, and definitely an important story to tell… but was I enjoying myself? And yet, Steven Spielberg once again worked his magic on me, and I […]
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