Tag Archives: Steven Spielberg

Lizards On The Loose! Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Movie Review

Grade: A Release Date: June 22, 2018 Running Time: 2 hours 8 minutes Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of science-fiction violence and peril Genre: Action Adventure Sci-Fi Produced by Steven Spielberg and Colin Trevorrow Directed by J.A. Bayona Screenplay by Colin Trevorrow & Derek Connolly Based on characters created by Michael Crichton If you enjoyed Jurassic World, then you will love Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.  The trailers promised an exhilarating film and Fallen Kingdom delivers.  This may be the first film since the Dark Knight Rises that I watched on the big screen two nights in a row. Fallen Kingdom …

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The BFG is “scrumdiddlyumptious”

Running Time: 1 hour and 57 minutes Rated PG Directed By: Steven Spielberg Grade: A With , famed director ’s directorial debut with brings beloved children’s author Roald Dahl’s story to life in a way that is both visually dazzling and emotionally rewarding for all ages. This beauty is enhanced by strong performances from veteran actor as the titular giant and his tiny co-star as Sophie. By now, most families are familiar with at least one of ’s stories which include timeless classics such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach. What makes them (along …

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first teaser for Disney’s “THE BFG!”

unveils first teaser for Disney’s The talents of three of the world’s greatest storytellers – , and Steven Spielberg – finally unite to bring Dahl’s beloved classic “The BFG” to life. Directed by Spielberg, Disney’s “The BFG” tells the imaginative story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country. RUBY BARNHILL stars as Sophie in Disney’s fantasy-adventure “The BFG,” directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the beloved novel by Roald Dahl. Like us on Facebook:               https://www.facebook.com/WaltDisneyStudios Follow us on Twitter:         …

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Tension In Cold War Drama “BRIDGE OF SPIES”

Release Date: October 16, 2015 Running Time: 2 hours and 22 minutes Directed by: Rated PG-13 Grade B+ Starring: as James B. Donovan as Rudolf Abel as Mary Donovan as Francis Gary Powers as Ivan Schischkin as Agent Hoffman as Judge Byers as Allen Dulles as Wolfgang Vogel and as Thomas Watters Jr. Everyone deserves a defense…..Every person matters. During the Cold War, James B. Donovan is an insurance lawyer who is recruited to defend an accused Soviet spy. In a time where war propaganda was shown to children and adults, Donovan’s family is afraid that the public will ostracize …

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Don’t Be Dino Dinner – JURASSIC WORLD

Jurassic World Release Date: 6/12/15 Running Time: 2 hours, 10 minutes Rating: PG-13 Grade: A- The crack of an egg begins our journey, beckoning us beneath the iconic arches and into a place where science, blind ambition, and voracious consumer (and dinosaur) appetites collide to create something outrageous. Welcome to , directed by . Serving as a perfect parallel to the “bigger, scarier, cooler, toothier” creatures that inhabit it, this place is far from the lovably dated park run by a ‘90s UNIX system that we once knew. Jurassic World is portrayed as the love child of and on steroids, …

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