Transformers: Age of Extinction
Five years after the battle that almost destroyed Chicago, a CIA unit is hunting both Autobots and Decepticons; Optimus Prime finds refuge in a barn owned by an inventor (Mark…
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
As Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) prepares to go to college, the Decepticons are planning their revenge on both mankind and the forces supporting Optimus Prime. This sequel continues the battle…
Transformers
Two warring, intergalactic clans of robots have infiltrated Earth; one of them is here to take over it, the other one is here to save the humans. Director Michael Bay’s…
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
When Optimus Prime's old mentor is pulled out of a wreck on the moon and brought back to life, the Decepticons unexpectedly find another chance to strike at mankind. The…
Close Encounters: E.T.’s First Visit
Photo: Columbia In 1964, the 16-year-old Steven Spielberg directed a science fiction film called Firelight. Clocking in at an impressive 135 minutes, the movie was made for $500 and premiered…
Super 8: Monster Mash
Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning and Ron Eldard. Photo: Paramount Director J.J. Abrams's first major collaboration with Steven Spielberg prompted David Edelstein of New York Magazine to spell it…
Saving Private Ryan: Spielberg in Combat
Tom Sizemore and Tom Hanks. Photo: DreamWorks Steven Spielberg directed several masterpieces over the years, but this one might be the most controversial. The general sentiment expressed by snobs is…
True Grit: A Spielberg Moment
Jeff Bridges. Photo: Paramount The original True Grit (1969) is a very good Western, well directed by Henry Hathaway, featuring a script by Marguerite Roberts and a part for John…
The Pacific: Slaughter in Paradise
Photo: HBO After producing the successful limited series Band of Brothers in 2001, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks knew that they were not finished with World War II. They had just portrayed…
Band of Brothers: Memories of Hell
Photo: HBO The original quote from William Shakespeare’s “Henry V” is: “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall…