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Disclosure Day (2026)

Disclosure Day (2026)

There’s a lot happening in Disclosure Day, so much so that Steven Spielberg drops the audience straight into what feels like the second act. It’s a bit disorienting. I...

Linda
The Fabelmans

The Fabelmans (2022)

The parental figures in The Fabelmans are apparently based squarely on director Steven Spielberg’s own mom and dad. In their idyllic 1950s home, mom Mitzi (Michelle Williams) is the...

Linda
Ready Player One (2018)

Ready Player One (2018)

In 2045, apparently the world sucks so bad that everyone just wants to live in a world of virtual reality. More specifically, they want to live in The Oasis,...

Linda
The Post (2017)

The Post (2017)

Meryl Streep stars as real-life publisher Kay Graham, who “inherits” the reins of the Washington Post after the death of her husband. Regarded by the boys’ club of men...

Vickie
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

In case you’ve been living under a rock for a couple of decades, you’ve most likely seen the classic sci-fi/fantasy film E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, one of the biggest money-making...

Linda
Jurassic World (2015)

Jurassic World (2015)

Proving that those who do not learn from history will continue to repeat it as long as moviegoers are willing to shell out money, Jurassic World delivers is an...

Vickie
The BFG (2016)

The BFG (2016)

Sophie (Ruby Barnhill) is a clever and curious little girl who lives in an orphanage and suffers from insomnia. She has never had a best friend. She spends her...

Jennifer
Bridge of Spies (2015)

Bridge of Spies (2015)

That is not to say that Spielberg doesn’t know how to make an entertaining historical film. Bridge of Spies, after an exceptionally sluggish first half hour or so, is...

Linda
War Horse

War Horse

The novel by Michael Morpurgo is set during the First World War and told from the horse’s point of view. The live-theater incarnation features a glorious mechanical horse puppet...

Vickie
Steven Spielberg: A Retrospective (2012)

Steven Spielberg: A Retrospective (2012)

Of all the words that could be used to describe a coffee table book (beautiful, impressive, interesting, beloved), I don’t think “readable” has ever leaped to mind. They’re something...

Linda
Lincoln (2012)

Lincoln (2012)

You need get no further than the opening scene in Lincoln to see a Spielbergism. Abe Lincoln sits on a throne of a chair, on a platform at a...

Linda
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas should have just left Indiana Jones literally riding off into the sunset in The Last Crusade… after all, isn’t how all the best adventures...

Linda