Screening to a packed audience at the New York Film Festival on Monday night, tweets and reviews for an "almost finished" version of Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" quickly flooded the blogosphere and the reaction was good but not unanimous. The most frequently praised element was the performances, in particular Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens … [Read more...]
Spielberg’s “Lincoln” Trailer Goes Online
September 13, 2012 by
The big promotional push for Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" took place today with the launch of the first trailer and a web chat with both Spielberg and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt. While not as blatantly schmaltzy as last year's "War Horse" previews, the trailer is both very much awards-bait and current-era Spielberg formula. Focusing almost … [Read more...]
Spielberg’s “E.T.” Returns To Cinemas
September 12, 2012 by
With all the hype surrounding "Jaws" last month and the "Indiana Jones" trilogy this month, it's easy to forget one of Steven Spielberg's other early classics is also making the jump to Blu-ray shortly - "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial". To celebrate the film's 30th anniversary, and the upcoming digitally remastered Blu-ray release on October 9th, … [Read more...]
Spielberg’s “E.T.” Goes Blu In October
May 31, 2012 by
A while back film fans were lamenting the fact that Steven Spielberg had only taken brief dips into the waters of high-definition. At the time "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" were the only films he directed that were available on Blu-ray. Well the man has made up for that shortfall … [Read more...]
Jackie Earle Haley Joins Spielberg’s “Lincoln”
September 21, 2011 by
Jackie Earle Haley ("Watchmen," "Little Children") has joined the cast of Steven Spielberg’s "Lincoln" reports Deadline. Haley will play Alexander Stephens, the vice president of the Confederate States during the Civil War and a nemesis of Abraham Lincoln’s slavery reform agenda. Stephens is remembered for an infamous speech in which he said … [Read more...]
