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#ThinkpieceThursday – Music in Film

#ThinkpieceThursday – Music elevates emotion. It should NOT tell you how to feel

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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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