Shhhhh. I know you’re excited, but you can’t let them hear you. After over a year of delays, A Quiet Place Part II has finally arrived, the highly-anticipated sequel to 2018’s surprise smash hit. Originally set for a March 2020 release, the film was pushed back due to, you guessed it, the COVID-19 pandemic. After... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
I think we may have another shark problem. Just when audiences thought it was safe to go back in the water, Jaws 2 swam into theaters. Readers of Film Sentinel will be aware we’ve been reviewing Steven Spielberg movies on this blog as a part of Series Spielberg. As an addendum to that series, we... Continue Reading →
Keep them out of the light. Don’t give them water. And whatever you do, don’t feed them after midnight. As part of a series on Film Sentinel, each week we are revisiting a work from the career of one of cinema’s most influential directors, Steven Spielberg. This week we’re taking a look at Gremlins. While... Continue Reading →
Welcome back, fellow adventurers. As part of a series on Film Sentinel, each week we are revisiting a work from the career of Steven Spielberg. Don’t get heartburn, because this week on Series Spielberg, the red line on the map is taking us straight back to the Indiana Jones franchise to review The Temple of... Continue Reading →
You are about to enter another dimension. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Your next stop: Twilight Zone: The Movie! As part of a series on Film Sentinel, each week we are revisiting a work in the career of Steven Spielberg. This week we are examining a film he produced, and directed in... Continue Reading →
1982 was a major time for Spielberg. Or, more specifically, June 1982. This summer month saw the release of two of the year’s biggest blockbusters: the haunted house flick Poltergeist, and the year’s highest-grossing hit, E.T. As part of a series on Film Sentinel, each week we are revisiting a work in the career of... Continue Reading →
You’re gonna need a bigger screen: next up on Series Spielberg is the ultimate blockbuster, the big kahuna, the granddaddy of them all: Jaws. As part of a series on Film Sentinel, we are taking a look back at each film in the career of Steven Spielberg, the filmmaker who is most often credited with... Continue Reading →
Avast ye landlubbers! One of the best films of 2019 is currently playing in a theater near you. No, it’s not Joker, or the new Terminator reboot, it’s The Lighthouse, Robert Eggers’ sophomore effort, and his follow-up to the acclaimed arthouse horror picture The Witch from 2015. Starring Robert Pattinson as a man on a contract job... Continue Reading →
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