Steven Spielberg
The BFG is the first Disney film directed by Steven Spielberg and delivers the blend of classic storytelling and modern moviemaking we hoped it would.
Contest: See The BFG in Select Cities
Win tickets to a 3D advanced screening of Disney's The BFG in Edmonton, Whitby, or Mississauga. Disney's The BFG opens across the country on Canada Day.
Bridge of Spies Blu-ray Review
Spielberg remains essential to the tapestry of American film, but is the new Bridge of Spies Blu-ray essential to your collection?
The Roundup Episode #16 – Susan Stover
Star Wars, Making a Murderer, and more! On this episode of The Roundup we're joined by Dork Shelf's own hilarious TV writer Susan Stover.
Jemaine Clement on People Places Things, The BFG, and a What We Do In The Shadows Sequel
We spoke with Jemaine Clement about working with kids in People Places Things, working with Spielberg in The BFG, and some other exciting projects we can expect to see in the near future.
10 Great Moments in Stop-Motion Animation
To celebrate TIFF's upcoming Magic Motion: The Art of Stop-Motion Animation film retrospective we've assembled a list of some of the most important, impressive and interesting moments in the history of stop-motion animation.
Bridge of Spies Review
Should we hold Spielberg to a higher standard just because he's Spielberg? Jason Gorber's review of Bridge of Spies examine this and other questions.
CONTEST: See THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY in Select Cities!
Enter for a chance to win a pair of passes to an advance screening of The Hundred-Foot Journey in Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, or Vancouver on Wednesday, August 6th at 7:00pm, courtesy of Dork Shelf and DreamWorks Pictures.
Jurassic Park 3D Review
As a film, Jurassic Park is just as thrilling as ever, having not aged a day, and thankfully an upgrade and re-release in 3-D for its 20th anniversary does the film a considerable amount of justice.
This Week in DVD: 3/26/13
Did you miss almost all of our theatrical coverage around the holidays? Well this week we look at some of the biggest late 2012 releases including The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Lincoln, Les Miserables, This is 40, and Zero Dark Thirty. Also, looks at Killing Them Softly and the Canadian made sci-fi romance Mars et Avril.
Interview: Patrick Read Johnson
Dork Shelf talks to Patrick Read Johnson about his long in the works autobiographical film 5-25-77 and it's long road to the big screen despite being a small film about how he got started as a filmmaker growing up in small town Illinois. Johnson opens up about growing disillusioned with the studio system (working with John Hughes on Baby's Day Out, turning down the chance to do Home Alone, and the troubled post production on Angus), the good along the way, and bringing his work-in-progress film to the TIFF Next Wave Festival this weekend.
News Shelf: 18/01/13
And now, all the film, game, and comic news that’s fit to print. Gremlins might be getting the reboot treatment, Cuarón's Gravity gets a release date, Dead Island: Riptide offends with crass Collector's Edition, fan campaign gets JRPG localized, the X-Men become an all-female team and the internet loses its shit, and DC Comics cancels a boatload of titles.
Defending the Indefensible: 70s Auteur Flops
As the 1970s came to a close, many of the best filmmakers of the past century nearly had their careers ruined as studios asserted more control over them during the emergence of blockbuster cinema. Here we take a look at some of those special cases: Scorsese's New York New York, Friedkin's Sorcerer, Spielberg's 1941, Cimino's Heaven's Gate, Altman's Popeye, and Coppola's One from the Heart.
The New Old: Robbin’ and Stealin’
This week's archival home entertainment column looks back at Michael Cimino's infamous box office flop Heaven's Gate, the strangely forgotten about Steven Spielberg hit Catch Me If You Can, and the classic noir The Postman Always Rings Twice.
The New Old:
Nothing But Classics
Just in time for your Black Friday holiday shopping sprees, Phil Brown takes a look at some of the biggest classics for film buffs and genre buffs that are currently on Blu-ray retailer shelves: Lawrence of Arabia, E.T., They Live, Dark Star, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Sunset Boulevard, and Rosemary's Baby,