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Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
The epic conclusion of the Jurassic era.
Filmmaker(s): Colin Trevorrow
Adventure
Action
Science Fiction

Four years after Isla Nublar was destroyed, dinosaurs now live—and hunt—alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators ona planet they now share with history's most fearsome creatures.

30 Sep

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Ancient Chase DNA What I find curious is how franchises become more ordinary over time. This is far from an original observation in terms of world construction and story. It makes sense to reuse these, because that defines the franchise. So we get the same basic...


Published September 30, 2022
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Moonfall (2022)
Humanity will face the dark side of the Moon.
Filmmaker(s): Roland Emmerich
Science Fiction
Adventure
Action

A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it.

17 Sep

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Cluelessness I like what Emmerich does with the camera; he is closer to dePalma than Bay, so I’ll watch his stuff. But he is clearly in the Bay character universe where manly heroes work on cars, scientists are always baffled, the military is feckless, and even...


Published September 17, 2022
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Lightyear (2022)
Infinity awaits.
Filmmaker(s): Angus MacLane
Animation
Science Fiction
Family
Adventure

Legendary Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of ambitious recruits and his robot companion Sox.

14 Aug

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Andy’s World The first thing — and the most important thing — a film does is establish where it will sit between your mind and the worlds you know. Often there is some clever interplay between what it is directly, and what games it will...


Published August 14, 2022
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Top Gun Maverick (2022)
Feel the need... The need for speed.
Filmmaker(s): Joseph Kosinski
Action
Drama

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.

01 Jul

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Practical Performance Gosh, there is so much not to like here, on top of the fact that this reinforces a positive trend in film; the effects are largely practical, pitting Cruise against Cameron for the future of film. We could probably stand the competition for our...


Published July 1, 2022
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Death on the Nile (2022)
Murder was just the beginning.
Filmmaker(s): Kenneth Branagh
Mystery
Crime
Thriller

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.

13 May

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Red Fingernails Christie is more special to me than she should be because she represents a tradition I miss. When you read one of her novels, you enter into tryst with an invisible woman who teases you with a false world that you welcome. Is there...


Published May 13, 2022
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Uncharted (2022)
Fortune favors the bold.
Filmmaker(s): Ruben Fleischer
Action
Adventure

A young street-smart, Nathan Drake and his wisecracking partner Victor “Sully” Sullivan embark on a dangerous pursuit of “the greatest treasure never found” while also tracking clues that may lead to Nathan’s long-lost brother.

13 May

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The Search for Women Villains I came to this to have something to watch with my 9 and 10 year olds, and for that it was a rousing success. As I’m not familiar with the source material, I can judge it purely on the films and...


Published May 13, 2022
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Turning Red (2022)
Growing up is a beast.
Filmmaker(s): Domee Shi
Animation
Family
Comedy
Fantasy

Thirteen-year-old Mei is experiencing the awkwardness of being a teenager with a twist – when she gets too excited, she transforms into a giant red panda.

13 May

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Transitions When narrative transitions occur, they sometimes follow the world and seem smooth, or they try and engineer the future and are jagged. I think this is the latter. Superficially, this film extends the Disney effort to cover all ethnicities with princess characters. It makes business sense...


Published May 13, 2022
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