[School of Movies 2021]
We round off the year of Spielberg by going back to his roots as a filmmaker. And while this is a 2011 movie, directed by J.J. Abrams which Steve produced, I mean far more than it simply evoking Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial.
There's more cinematic alchemy at play here than even we realised, when we took on this project, and we are very happy to share our findings with you all. Suffice to say this is Abrams' most personal movie, and it feels odd that it was largely dismissed and overlooked at release, despite its qualities, while the similarly flavoured (and also fantastic) Stranger Things became a global phenomenon five years later. And I go into the fundamental differences in creator backgrounds there.
This movie is fairly simple, and moves in broad strokes, but there are many subtleties and elements that it's easy to miss. We hope we can encourage you to open your eyes for a second look.
Deadpool & Wolverine
Almost Famous
FELLAS... Is it Gay to...?
Star Trek: Prodigy
Dazed and Confused
Damsel
Avatar: The Rise of Kyoshi
Klonoa
No One Will Save You
Beavis & Butt-Head Do America
Out of Sight
Tomorrowland
Ocean's 11, 12, 13 and 8
From Dusk till Dawn
One Fine Day
Red Eye
Hazbin Hotel (Season 1)
Drop Dead Fred
Guest Lecturers Matt Reeves & Rupert Wyatt on Directing the Apes
Guest Lecturer: George Lucas on Star Wars
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The Best Song Podcast
Oh Boy: A Time Travel Podcast
3 Guys and a Flick - Movie Reviews
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