As you read this sentence, intelligences greater than our own, intellects cool and unsympathetic – could be drawing their plans against us. With this idea H.G. Wells began his iconic science fiction novel The War of The Worlds. As part of a series on Film Sentinel, each week we are revisiting a work from the... Continue Reading →
Two mice fell into a bucket of cream. The first mouse gave up and drowned. The second mouse wouldn’t quit: he struggled so hard, he churned that cream into butter and walked out. Frank William Abagnale, Jr. was that second mouse. As part of a series on Film Sentinel, each week we are revisiting a work... Continue Reading →
Guess what? You’re guilty of murder. It just hasn’t happened yet. If that doesn’t seem fair to you, then you’re with Spielberg. As part of a series on Film Sentinel, each week we are revisiting a work from Steven Spielberg’s career. Following a brief hiatus, this week we’re back looking at Minority Report. Based on... Continue Reading →
War is hell. Any combat veteran will tell you that. Unless you’ve actually been there, you can’t really know what it’s like. But with Spielberg’s epic 1998 war film though, you can get just a taste of it. As part of a series on Film Sentinel, each week we are revisiting a work from the... Continue Reading →
“‘Ooooh… Aaaah.’ That’s how it always starts. But then later there’s running. And screaming…” As part of a series on Film Sentinel, each week we are revisiting a work from the career of Steven Spielberg. This week we’re returning to the Jurassic Park franchise to look at its first sequel: The Lost World, the last... Continue Reading →
In 1996, the winds of CGI filmmaking were picking up. After Jurassic Park demonstrated in spectacular fashion some of the range of potential computer-generated imagery had to offer, studios began experimenting with the technology more and more in the years to follow. As part of a series on Film Sentinel, each week we are revisiting... Continue Reading →
Boom. Boom. Boom. Something big and ferocious is approaching. As part of a series on Film Sentinel, each week we are revisiting a work from the career of Steven Spielberg. This week concerns one of Steven’s most popular and successful films: the 1993 original Jurassic Park. Based on the 1990 novel by Michael Crichton, Jurassic... Continue Reading →
Sometimes when people grow up, they lose sight of the magic. In a certain 1991 adventure film, this was true both for Peter Pan, and for Steven Spielberg. As part of a series on Film Sentinel, each week we are revisiting a work from the career of Steven Spielberg. This week concerns one of the... Continue Reading →
We all need to indulge ourselves once in a while, even if you’re a famous movie director. As part of a series on Film Sentinel, each week we are revisiting a work from the career of Steven Spielberg. This week we’re looking at 1989’s Always: it’s the first time Spielberg made a romantic comedy, and... Continue Reading →
After two movies, one might ordinarily say “my cup runneth over,” but when it comes to Indiana Jones, you can never have enough. As part of a series on Film Sentinel, each week we are revisiting a work from the career of Steven Spielberg. This week we’re looking at the third film dedicated to the... Continue Reading →
