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 →
Minority Report Review – Series Spielberg #25
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 →
A.I. Artificial Intelligence Review – Series Spielberg #24
Welcome to the new millennium. It’s a place where rising sea levels have reduced the world’s population. It’s a place of new technological wonders. And it’s a place where … robots can love. As part of a series on Film Sentinel, each week we are revisiting a work from the career of Steven Spielberg. This... Continue Reading →
The Lost World: Jurassic Park Review – Series Spielberg #21
“‘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 →
Jurassic Park Review – Series Spielberg #18
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 →
Twilight Zone: The Movie Review – Series Spielberg #09
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 →
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Review – Series Spielberg #08
Better phone home and let them know you’ll be a while, because this one is special. As part of a series on Film Sentinel, each week we are taking a look back at a film in the career of Steven Spielberg, one of cinema’s most successful and influential directors. This week concerns one of his... Continue Reading →
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Review – Series Spielberg #04
“Ladies and gentlemen, this is a flying saucer.” With Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Steven Spielberg’s fourth directorial feature, UFOs are what Steven sought to show to the world, and that they weren’t something to fear. As part of a series on Film Sentinel, each week we are revisiting a film from the career... Continue Reading →
Spider-Man: Far From Home Review
Last week was the 4th of July, and while many Americans perched on hillsides to observe fireworks displays to celebrate Independence Day, many of those same patriots settled into cinema seats over the holiday weekend to take in the brand new Spider-Man movie. Swinging back into theaters for the seventh time in the web-slinger’s live... Continue Reading →
Dark Phoenix Review
In Greek mythology, a phoenix dies in a fiery display of combustion, and is later born again. One could say Jean Grey had her volatile death in 2006’s controversial X-Men: The Last Stand, and this year’s Dark Phoenix is her chance to rise again. Unfortunately, Fox has fumbled their franchise conclusion once more, and instead of... Continue Reading →