In 2045, Wade Watts (played by Tye Sheridan) escapes from his dreary reality by entering a virtual reality world called The Oasis. While everyone living in Watt's home of The Stacks (with living quarters of trailers and junk piled high and tight) plays in this digital world, Watts is attempting to uncover a puzzle within the game. Director Steven Spielberg has journeyed back … [Read more...] about READY PLAYER ONE New Movie Review
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THE POST New Movie Review
In 1971, The Washington Post and The New York Times published revealing, damaging and highly classified documents involving the Vietnam War. These documents, called "the Pentagon Papers" and leaked by US military analyst Daniel Ellsberg, unveiled shocking revelations regarding the conduct of the Vietnam War. In this Steven Spielberg-directed dramatization, Tom Hanks plays Ben … [Read more...] about THE POST New Movie Review
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND Old Movie Review
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
THE WALK New Movie Review
In The Walk, Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as Philippe Petit, the French street performer who, in 1974, illegally walked a high wire suspended between the World Trade Center's Twin Towers. The buildings weren't quite finished and Petit's actions were intended as a love letter to the structure, as much as an attention getting, life-defining act. Since Robert Zemeckis is the film's … [Read more...] about THE WALK New Movie Review
Fall Movie Preview 2015
Matt Damon returns to space, CGI Snoopy, the return of James Bond and a new Star Wars film? It's time to bid dinos, fast cars, super heros and rappers adios, as the big guns of the summer are changing hands. Between now and Christmas, here are 11 reasons you'll be at the movies on opening day: THE VISIT (opens Sept. 11) The Gist: Kathryn Hahn stars in this … [Read more...] about Fall Movie Preview 2015