Awesome Steven Spielberg

Celebrate your love for Spielberg and Lucas’ classic collab with this official LEGO Indiana Jones set. Inspired by the opening sequence of Raiders of the Lost Ark, the 1545-piece Temple of the Golden Idol kit includes a rolling boulder, vines to swing from, four Minifigs, and a light-up brick to shine upon the idol. Drops 4.1.2023.

Steven Spielberg’s latest is basically his own autobiography, as told through the eyes of a boy growing up in the 1950s who falls in love with the cinema and starts making his own home movies. The star-studded cast includes Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, and Judd Hirsch. In theaters 11.24.22.

Collectible toy maker NECA is set to release a series of five delightfully detailed figures inspired by E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. Each comes with props from a memorable moment in the Spielberg classic. The Deluxe Ultimate E.T. figure has a light-up chest, while the Elliot and E.T. one includes a bicycle and a moon backdrop.

40 years after the release of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, you can have the same bike that Elliott rode into the sky with his alien pal. This special edition Kuwahara bicycle looks like the one from the Spielberg classic, upgraded with a 4130 Chromoly frame and sealed bearing hubs. The bike drops in the fall of 2022 for $800.

As the number of new movies in theaters is temporarily low, Screen Junkies continues to turn to the past for inspiration, this time setting fire to the 1982 Spielberg classic “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” with a roast that smells like melting Reese’s Pieces. Though the knock-off “Mac and Me” actually got the brunt of the criticism.

For Christmas 2019, Xfinity released a heartwarming commercial that featured the return of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. It turns out that VFX artists had to build a whole new puppet, based on the original from 37 years earlier. Legacy Effects takes us behind the work that went into bringing the beloved character back to life.

Steven Spielberg reboots his late-1980s anthology series with a new run on Apple TV+. Like the original, it will combine science fiction, horror, and fantasy, with a slightly lighter and more magical touch than Twilight Zone or Black Mirror. Premieres 3/6/2020 with an initial run of five episodes.

Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece Schindler’s List is getting a remastered theatrical release to celebrate its 25th anniversary. It will be shown in theaters in the USA and Canada beginning 12/7/18. There will also be a 4K Blu-ray release soon.

Despite the breadth of his work, there are still trademark stylistic touches that appear in many of Steven Spielberg’s films, not the least of which is his use of background lighting. Jorge Luengo Ruiz put together this short reel of some of these visually powerful moments.

“We’re taking you to a spaceship… we’re taking you home.” Fans of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial will love Melodysheep’s latest remix, a sweet and upbeat little ditty made using soundbytes from the 1982 Steven Spielberg classic.

The use of sound in film is often times just as important – if not more so – than the visuals you see. Film essayist Nerdwriter1 explores how director Steven Spielberg and Sound Editor Ben Burtt effectively use audio to build tension, tell stories, and set a mood in the theater.

A slightly less bombastic trailer for Spielberg’s adaptation of Ernest Cline’s novel about a dystopian future in which the one place that feels real is a VR world called the OASIS. When its creator dies, players go crazy to find an Easter Egg that could change everything.

In 1971, following The New York Times’ lead, the Washington Post published leaked documents about the secret expansion of the Vietnam War. Guess what the White House thought of that. Steven Spielberg’s The Post stars Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and Bob Odenkirk.

“I realized that this is what I was gonna do, what I was going to die trying.” HBO and critically-acclaimed producer Susan Lacy (American Masters) present “an intimate portrait” of one of the most talented and prolific directors of all time – Steven Spielberg. Premieres 10/7/17.

Stranger Things borrows heavily from three titans of ’80s film and literature: Steven Spielberg, slasher and horror flicks, and Stephen King. ScreenPrism starts its list of the Netflix series’ references and homages with ones related to Spielberg.

Auralnauts took the classic flying bicycle scene from E.T. and removed John Williams’ familiar score, transforming what was originally a moment of triumph into one that’s just awkward. Be sure to check out Auralnauts other Williams-less scenes too.

From his earliest feature films like Duel, to classics like Jaws, Raiders, and E.T., to dramas like Schindler’s List to his diverse later works like War of the Worlds and Tintin, Burger Fiction reminds us just how amazing, prolific, and versatile Steven Spielberg is behind the lens.

The latest trailer for Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s book gives us a better look at the BFG and his even B’er but not so F neighbors such as Fleshlumpeater and Bloodbottler. Who names their kid Fleshlumpeater? Dude got off to a bad start.

Steven Spielberg brings one of Roald Dahl’s classics to the big screen with his adaptation of The BFG, a story of a girl who finds herself in a land inhabited by giants, and a speaking a vocabulary filled with humplecrimps, crumpscoddles, and snozzcumbers.

Tom Hanks plays Atty. James Donovan, a lawyer asked to negotiate with the Soviet Union in 1962 to free a captured American pilot in exchange for a Soviet spy. Directed by Steven Spielberg and co-written by the Coen brothers.

We now know that Chris Pratt stars in the new Jurassic World movie. So it’s amusing that in this four year old Parks and Rec behind-the-scenes clip, Chris was sassing Spielberg about the opportunity to star in Jurassic Park 4.

(NSFW: Language) Got an hour to spare? You can do worse than spend your free time looking back at the stellar filmography of Steven Spielberg as a director. YouTuber 0221458715 presents scenes from each of Spielberg’s movies.

(NSFW: Language) Tony Zhou sheds light on Steven Spielberg’s long takes – scenes shot continuously with one camera. Instead of calling attention to the technique, Spielberg uses it to flow seamlessly between actors’ movements.