For many, myself included, Steven Spielberg is the filmmaker who made us fall in love with cinema. Few directors have effortlessly moved between genres. He reinvented the summer blockbuster with Jawsand Raiders of the Lost Ark, made harrowing historical dramas such as Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, andchanged the way we look at extraterrestrials with E.T. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I’ve made no secret of my attachment to Spielberg; without him, there’s a good chance I wouldn’t be writing this review. There’s also a chance this very website wouldn’t exist.

It's incredible to think that there have been no live-action adaptations of Masters of the Universe since Dolph Lundgren declared he had the power in 1987. That version was critically derided but has since gained a cult following, while follow-ups to the original cartoon series have kept the franchise alive and popular.