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1941 **** (1979, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Treat Williams, Christopher Lee, Ned Beatty, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, Warren Oates, Robert Stack) – Classic Movie Review 1,941
Steven Spielberg’s 1979 epic comedy film 1941 about a Japanese submarine arriving off Los Angeles, causing panic in the wake of Pearl Harbor, was a huge, unexpected flop. John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Treat Williams and […]
Hook ** (1991, Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Bob Hoskins, Julia Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 1421
Director Steven Spielberg’s 1991 family film is a long, lumbering and unwieldy, Disney-style version of J M Barrie’s Peter Pan fantasy tale. Unusually for a Spielberg movie, it lacks the magic spark it needs. Rather than making […]
Raiders of the Lost Ark ***** (1981, Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman) – Classic Movie Review 1222
Director Steven Spielberg’s glorious, rip-roaring 1981 fantasy adventure epic stars Harrison Ford in one of his two or three most iconic performances as archaeologist and treasure hunter Indiana Jones. Indy is sent to find the […]
Amistad **** (1997, Djimon Hounsou, Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Matthew McConaughey, David Paymer, Pete Postlethwaite, Stellan Skarsgård) – Classic Movie Review 1198
Anthony Hopkins gives as grandstanding turn as former US President John Quincy Adams in this true-life tale of the cargo of newly captured Mende African slaves aboard the Spanish ship La Amistad, which ran into […]
Empire of the Sun ***** (1987, Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson) – Classic Movie Review 833
Director Steven Spielberg borrows from the style of his film-making hero David Lean, paying reverential homage to the director of Lawrence of Arabia and The Bridge on the River Kwai, for his sweeping 1987 war epic […]
Jaws ***** (1975, Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton) – Classic Movie Review 526
The triple-Oscar-winning 1975 monster movie classic that propelled the 28-year-old director Steven Spielberg to the front rank of cinema story-tellers is a sleekly crafted rollercoaster ride of fear, suspense and thrills. Based on the bestselling […]
War of the Worlds **** (2005, Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins) – Classic Movie Review 525
Relentlessly efficient, hyper-adrenalin-charged and with seamless special effects, director Steven Spielberg’s chilling, heart-pounding monster movie took its rightful place as the 2005 summer number one blockbuster. Loosely based on the novel by H G Wells, it […]