Posts Tagged ‘Amistad’
Pete Postlethwaite (1946-2011)
Oscar nominated British actor Pete Postlethwaite died yesterday at the age of 64 from Cancer. Pete gained international fame from his starring role in The Usual Suspects, while gaining a great amount of respect from his peers, being referred to by director Steven Spielberg as “the greatest actor in the world”. Pete’s work includes: Solomon Kane, Inception, the Town, the Age of Stupid, In the Name of the Father, the Constant Gardener, Amistad, the Last of the Mohicans and Alien 3 among many others. Our thoughts and prayers go to the family and friends of Pete. You will be missed.
Double Feature | A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Minority Report
Steven Spielberg is and always will be one of my favorite filmmakers. As a child he guided me through the treacheries that is every day life with film such as: Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Jurassic Park, and (dare I say) Hook. From 1997 to 2005, Spielberg hit a creative peak and began to dive into darker and more adult themed material starting with Amistad and ending beautifully with Munich. The double feature I will be recommending is two of his best works in his dark run, the extremely underrated sci fi duo, A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Minority Report. Read the rest of this entry »
