Category: Adventure
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Jurassic World Rebirth: See? Dinosaur Movies Can Still Be Good!
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) Gareth Edwards As anyone who’s read my recent reviews would know, I’ve had many a doubt about the Jurassic Park franchise, and I was nervous that Rebirth couldn’t right the ship. I’m glad to report, though, that I was wrong about Rebirth, and I had a pretty good time at the theater this 4th of July. The formula for a Jurassic Park movie is well-worn, so despite the “humans…
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How to Train Your Dragon (2025): Disney, Take Notes (and Lots of Them)
How to Train Your Dragon (2025) Dean DeBlois While I’m usually cautiously optimistic for each new live-action remake—a trend which has completely overstayed its welcome—I’m not always excited for the product, since the animated original it’s based on will remain better. I’ve developed quite a love for the How to Train Your Dragon franchise (all three films have gotten 4-star reviews from me), so I was actually looking forward to this…
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The Phoenician Scheme: Where Has Michael Cera Been All Wes’s Life?
The Phoenician Scheme (2025) Wes Anderson I’m so hyped for my movie-watching June (I’ve got tickets to six different movies already), and it all begins with The Phoenician Scheme. Though I have yet to see every Wes Anderson movie, I’m quite an admirer of his meticulous precision and details-focused style, and The Phoenician Scheme seemed to continue his descent into this stylistic rabbit hole. I had postulated before that Asteroid City was the most Wes…
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Lilo & Stitch (2025): Shades of the Original, But Ohana Left Behind
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Lilo & Stitch (2025) Dean Fleischer Camp I don’t remember the last time there was this much hype for a Disney live-action remake (the box office numbers so far have certainly backed it up), and I gotta be honest. I was sold on Lilo & Stitch thanks to that amazing trailer. As the reviews (and spoiler-full Reels) came in, I grew more and more nervous about the film,…
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The Legend of Ochi: Pretty Pictures, Empty Pages
The Legend of Ochi (2025) Isaiah Saxon The Legend of Ochi was one of the films I was hoping to see with our Sundance Online pass this year, and while it wasn’t available in that format, I did still wish I could have seen that over Bubble & Squeak. Now, having seen both, I don’t feel that way. Both films were equally half-baked and uninteresting, which was especially disappointing for The Legend of…
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Freaky Tales: Hard to Describe, But I Love Oakland Now
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Freaky Tales (2024) Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck Now that I’ve seen A Minecraft Movie, I’m gonna be really annoyed by all of the Minecraft-related lines at the theater whenever I go to see something else, starting with the 10 minute wait for my Peace Tea before Freaky Tales today. It was nice, though, to subsequently head into a way calmer theater for, yes, a better movie, too.…
