Steven Spielberg

Power of Conscience at the Oscars

#TypesTuesday – 2013’s awards season film featured several compelling Power of Conscience characters

Spielberg’s Lincoln

Lincoln is beautifully cast and wonderful to look at but, for me, is more a history lesson than a personal story.

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The Adventures of Tintin: Another Spielberg Misstep

#ThinkpieceThursday – Spielberg should know better.

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War Horse – Spielberg Loses His Way

Steven Spielberg’s War Horse is the definition of an episodic narrative with very little character development.

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Steven Spielberg’s The Terminal

Tom Hanks, playing Vicktor Novorski, is the film’s star and occupies most of the screen time. Unfortunately, Vicktor is not the protagonist of the film. Neither the biggest emotional journey nor the emotional climax of the film belongs to Hanks. This a fatal flaw from which the film never recovers.

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