Category Archives: Steven Spielberg

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on April 12, 2020 by garethrhodes

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Harrison Ford, Karen Allen and Paul Freeman. There are few films in the history of cinema that achieve the rhythm, artistry and dripped-in-inspiration execution of Raiders of the Lost … Continue reading →

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Always (1989) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on November 12, 2016 by garethrhodes

Always (1989) Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman and Audrey Hepburn.  Throughout his illustrious career, Steven Spielberg has often found himself in the sights of sniper critics who claim his work is riddled with a … Continue reading →

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The Sugarland Express (1974) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on March 28, 2016 by garethrhodes

The Sugarland Express (1974) Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Goldie Hawn and William Atherton. There are shots and sequences in The Sugarland Expres in which we see the early genius of Steven Speilberg at work. Based on ‘true events’, Goldie … Continue reading →

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on January 20, 2015 by garethrhodes

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon, Cary Guffey and François Truffaut. Not only is Close Encounters a beautifully made film, it also represents another key stage in … Continue reading →

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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on December 22, 2014 by garethrhodes

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, C. Thomas Howell, Drew Barrymore and Robert McNaughton. I don’t recall a mainstream director who mines the same depths of fear, love and joy of … Continue reading →

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on August 18, 2014 by garethrhodes

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Directed by Steven Spielberg • Written by Jeffrey Boam • Story by George Lucas & Menno Meyjes With Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody, Denholm Elliot, Julian Glover and River Phoenix. After the … Continue reading →

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Jurassic Park (1993) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on July 20, 2014 by garethrhodes

Jurassic Park (1993) Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough. In 1993 the shock and awe on the face of Sam Neill’s character upon first sight of dinosaurs in Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park … Continue reading →

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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on January 1, 2014 by garethrhodes

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Directed by Steven Speilberg. With Harrison Ford and Kate Capshaw. Up until 2008, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was widely considered the weakest of the Indy films but thanks to … Continue reading →

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Jaws (1975) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on August 13, 2012 by garethrhodes

Jaws (1975) Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Murray Hamilton and Lorraine Gary. Much has been made in the years since Jaws first took the world by storm, of the overall naffness of the mechanical … Continue reading →

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War Of The Worlds (2005) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on July 27, 2012 by garethrhodes

War Of The Worlds (2005) Directed By Steven Speilberg. With Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin and Tim Robbins. When the director of Jaws and Raiders Of The Lost Ark announces he’s making an alien invasion film, there … Continue reading →

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