When you are Steven Spielberg, when do you decide to tell your life story? The famed director crafted too many classics to name throughout his fifty-year career. One could argue that his style is the most important evolution in American cinema and has doomed storytellers to chase nostalgia. At the same time, he's poured his … Continue reading Review: Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans’ is His Best Film in Nearly Two Decades
Star Wars – Episode I: The Phantom Menace: 20 Years Later
20 years ago in a cinema not so far, far away… Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace It had been sixteen years since fans had seen a new Star Wars film. Anticipation was high and fans were lining up to return to George Lucas’ galaxy. It was a period of great excitement and the … Continue reading Star Wars – Episode I: The Phantom Menace: 20 Years Later
2008 in Review: ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’
Reboots and remakes, even sequels, are often lauded by nearly everyone as unnecessary. Calls of “we’ve seen this already” or “it was better when” often prelude paragraphs that go on to compare apples and oranges; decades-old cinema with modern storytelling. The thing is, for beloved franchises, reinventing or revisiting characters from the past actually does … Continue reading 2008 in Review: ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’