“War Horse” is a movie that perhaps only Steven Spielberg could have made. This is both good and not so good. On the plus side, the film has many of his trademark virtues – a resonant ...

"War Horse," directed by Steven Spielberg and featuring Jeremy Irvine and Emily Watson, is a movie about a boy and his horse. Though it's beautifully shot, Seattle Times film critic ...

Time passes — slowly. The horse grows up with Albert still looking on at a distance, until his dad, sent to buy a plow horse, comes back with a pub buzz, empty pockets and the untrained 2-year-old.

Nevertheless, War Horse must be considered a war movie because of the role World War I plays in dictating its every step. It's also a coming-of-age story, a period piece, and a love story.

The handsome, soppy War Horse allows Steven Spielberg, now in his mid-60s, to check a few more items off his bucket list. The director of Saving Private Ryan makes his World War I movie, borrowing ...

"War Horse" is not Spielberg's best movie, nor is it even close. But it's no small thing that it contains some of his best stuff. Dec 22, 2011 | Updated Dec 22, 2011 3:14 p.m. MICK LaSALLE.

In 1982, the British author Michael Morpurgo wrote War Horse, a book for younger readers that portrayed the suffering of World War I—on all sides—through the eyes of a horse. Joey, as he’s ...

War Horse is a don’t-miss Spielberg classic that reaches true perfection. It’s as good as movies can get, and one of the greatest triumphs of this or any other year.

Set during World War I, “War Horse” is based on Michael Morpurgo’s 1982 young adult novel about Joey, a horse that is raised by a young Englishman, Albert, but sold to a British Officer to ...

A crew of 750. A budget of $70 million. A "Seabiscuit" star. And a surprise gift from Peter Jackson. Steven Spielberg needed all that and more for his World War I epic.

The movie is based on Michael Morpugo's 1982 best-seller, which was previously adapted for the stage. By Todd McCarthy An elegant, elemental, borderline corny boy-and-his horse story magnified in ...

Movie Review: War Horse By Virginia Florey Sometimes I think Steven Spielberg get a lot of plaudits for being a movie director and then I see one of his movies and I think that he deserves all the ...