Tag: steven spielberg
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West Side Story: A Worthy Re-Make
I don’t make it to the movies much these days. Mainly because what Hollywood puts out typically bores me. But musicals, yes, I can’t resist. My last film was IN THE HEIGHTS which was fabulous. When I heard Steven Spielberg was remaking WEST SIDE STORY I had two reactions: 1) why? It’s such a great…
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My Kind of Movie: “Bridge of Spies”
Steven Spielberg plus Tom Hanks plus a Cold War thriller based on actual events? Sign me up in a big way. “Bridge of Spies” is movie-making at its best: human, subtle, gripping, and visually just stunning. It has tremendous, thought-provoking heart, something sorely lacking in most movies these days. The story follows the case of…
Author Mark W Sasse 