The Shipment: A Sci-Fi Short with a Few Shortcomings

The fact that this film was created is a notable achievement in itself. Director Bobby Bala made remarkable sacrifices of time, energy, and financial stability to even make the science fiction short, The Shipment, a reality. Fittingly, the story itself is one of sacrifice as well, following Kaiden Katar (Aleks Paunovic), a single father drifting […]

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial – Music: The Common Language

Although Steven Spielberg was the overall mastermind behind 1982’s E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, this filmmaker will not be the main focus of this review. Instead, music composing legend John Williams will be the central point of concentration. Having previously worked with Spielberg on multiple other projects such as Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, […]

Super 8: Social Commentary at its Finest

With Super 8 from 2011, Steven Spielberg reels off another remarkable science-fiction drama and mystery. Taking place in 1979 in a small Midwestern town in Ohio, this story follows a group of middle schoolers who are creating an amateur film for a contest. Spielberg worked with young actors on many of his projects, and Super […]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Close to Perfect

Steven Spielberg is one of the most iconic names in the last forty years of film. He has produced and directed multitudes of movies aimed at a variety of audiences. Perhaps one of his most famous works is Close Encounters of the Third Kind from 1977. This film is a story of humans’ wonder and amazement […]