With its vast, star-filled skies and pervading sense of imminence, Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) still ranks as one of the director's finest achievements. Longtime Spielberg advocates will remember this enchanting story about a series of UFO appearances that climaxes with a confrontation between man and an alien species. John Williams's music score, in tandem ...
There was an inevitability about the union of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and John Williams that shouldn't obscure the magnitude of their collective achievement on Raiders Of The Lost Ark. The movie is one of those rare serendipitous collaborations in which all elements work in apparently effortless harmony: everything about this Boys' Own adventure just feels right, from Harrison Ford's ...
As the bridging film of the original Star Wars trilogy, The Empire Strikes Back (1980) topped its predecessor in terms of story, character development, and special effects. Directed by Irvin Kershner, the sequel documents the relentless pursuit of the rebels by Darth Vader, a burgeoning romance between Han Solo and Princess Leia, and the training of Luke by the mystical Yoda. Taking ...
With its vast, star-filled skies and pervading sense of imminence, Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) still ranks as one of the director's finest achievements. Longtime Spielberg advocates will remember this enchanting story about a series of UFO appearances that climaxes with a confrontation between man and an alien species. John Williams's music score, in tandem ...