But for "War Horse," the accomplished director goes all John Ford. There are hints of "How Green was My Valley" and "The Quiet Man" as Spielberg points his lens at majestic skies, rolling hills ...

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.

War Horse, Steven Spielberg’s highly anticipated film about a boy and his horse who are separated by war, will have its wide release on Christmas Day, Dec. 25.. The film is an emotional WWI ...

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 ...

Love and loyalty in wartime 06:56. The new movie "War Horse" tells the story of an English boy and his farm horse torn apart by World War I. The film was directed by Steven Spielberg, who sat down ...

The film is an adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's novel about a boy who tries to track down his beloved horse during World War I. The film also follows a successful theatre production of the 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 ...

Rating: PG-13 — for intense sequences of war violence Director: Steven Spielberg Cast: Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Peter Mullan, Niels Arestrup, Tom Hiddleston Running Time: 146 minutes ...

Michael Morpurgo’s young adult novel “War Horse” is narrated by the title character, Joey, a comely and exuberant half-thoroughbred. In the award-winning play based on the book, puppets are ...