‘Disclosure Day’ Bears Spielberg’s Stamp, but Not His Greatness
The blockbuster director’s 35th feature film is intermittently entertaining, yet often plays like a highlight reel of his greatest hits.
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CARLOS SOUSA
New York, New York
Carlos Sousa is a Movie Reviewer for The New York Sun.
Mr. Sousa has written marketing content for publications, websites, and corporations, including the New Yorker, ELLE, Vulture.com, and General Motors, for over 20 years. Immersed in old world culture and contemporary entertainment as a Portuguese-American dual citizen, and having studied the history of the arts at Rutgers University, he specializes in film and music criticism.
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