When Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind, his fourth film and first after Jaws, opened in the fall of 1977, many wondered how it would compare with Star Wars. George Lucas' first groundbreaking, pop-culture shaping and box office conquering mega-hit had overshadowed most of the year. Could Spielberg, whose giant killer shark movie was now the former biggest … [Read more...] about CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND Old Movie Review