Steven SpielBLOG: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Steven Spielberg is a home-wrecker. Literally. In Sugarland Express, the foster parents of Baby Brandon have their home invaded and their...
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Review: Aladdin – “Slick and charming dancing-in-your-seat and impossible-not-to-sing-a-long-to romantic action-adventure”
A live-action update of the 1992 animated Disney classic, the new Aladdin is written by John August (Go), directed by Guy Ritchie (Snatch)...
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US Blu-ray and DVD Releases: The Upside, Cold Pursuit, How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Funny Games and more
The Upside – While it never made a big box office splash here in the US, one of my favorite films of the past decade was a French...
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Review: Destroyer – “Powerful, unusual and haunting”
Directed by Karyn Kusama Starring Nicole Kidman, Sebastian Stan, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany, Scott McNairy, Jade Pettyjohn The...
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Steven SpielBLOG: Jaws
Jaws was shown on ITV 8 October 1981, its UK television premiere. A Saturday. I was 9 years old. 23 million others watched it the same...
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Review – John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum – “There is a certain point when you will genuinely think that a dog is going to shoot somebody”
Written by Derek Kolstad (John Wick and John Wick 2) and directed by Chad Stahelski (both John Wick’s and apparently a new Highlander),...
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Review: Blue – “Shocking and disturbing contrasted with remarkable beauty and wonder”
“Wherever you live on our planet, you are connected to the sea.” This powerful and thoughtful documentary by Karina Holden (Magical Land...
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US Blu-ray and DVD Releases: Fighting With My Family, Happy Death Day 2U, Apollo 11, Backdraft 2 and more
Fighting with My Family – We’re almost halfway through the year, and Fighting With My Family remains one of my three favorite films...
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Steven SpielBLOG: The Sugarland Express
In the early seventies, a debut movie was released of a young filmmaker. Based on a true story, it told the slim tale of two naive young...
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Review: The Hustle – “Utterly dull”
The Hustle had such potential: a gender flip take on an old story that’s all about women using the way men underestimate them to con said...
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