It is also being called one of the best films of the 2020s so far. As we said in our review of The Fabelmans when it was released in cinemas in Ireland and the UK at the start of 2023: “2021’s West Side Story, very good but also the biggest financial flop of Spielberg’s career. […]

2 years ago

Fans of Jurassic Park will definitely know the scene we’re talking about… On a production budget of $63 million, Jurassic Park went on to make over $1 billion at the global box office, with more billions besides on home media and merchandise. It was nominated for three Academy Awards that year – Best Special Effects, […]

2 years ago

We can only imagine how much this might cost to make… Steven Spielberg’s last two movies, West Side Story and The Fabelmans, are considered some of his very best work, with both projects garnering huge Oscar attention… but both winding up as big box office flops. Never a man to allow his creativity to be […]

3 years ago

Spielberg’s new Oscar-magnet arrives in cinemas this week. Let us work backwards. 2021’s West Side Story, very good but also the biggest financial flop of Spielberg’s career. 2018’s Ready Player One, a technical feat that audiences were divided over. 2017’s The Post, great at the time but feels less interesting as the years pass. 2016’s […]

3 years ago

It is tough to get it down to just one. With the arrival of Steven Spielberg’s new blockbuster Ready Player One, we got thinking about the director’s CV, and just how many amazing scenes he’s given us over the years. In the lead up to the movie hitting cinemas, we got to sit down with […]

8 years ago

Reckon you got what it takes? Spielberg is a busy man. In January he released The Post, and in March he’ll release Ready Player One, and already the pre-production has begun on his next project. He was expected to start with on The Kidnapping Of Edgardo Mortara, a huge dramatic tale involving the pope and […]

8 years ago