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‘Jurassic World: Rebirth’ Feels Engineered for Dino Carnage and Nothing Else
The latest Jurassic World movie is terrified of having a conflict that isn’t “dinosaur wants to eat person.”
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'28 Years Later': On Becoming a Man in the Zombie Wasteland
Danny Boyle and Alex Garland's return to the world they created is far from a zombie slaughter fest. Thank goodness for that.
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'F1: The Movie' Plays More Like 'F1: The Advertisement'
What if 'Top Gun: Maverick' but it's a 156-minute commercial?
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'Elio' Continues the Age of Passable Pixar
The studio's new movie is fine, but feels beneath the story standards of earlier classics.
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'Materialists' and the High Cost of Romance
Celine Song's new movie skillfully explores modern sensibilities in a millennia-old economic arrangement.
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I Don't Understand the Aliens from the 'Predator' Series and That's Okay
Some musings on the recent 'Predator: Killer of Killers.'
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'The Life of Chuck' Wraps Basic Humanity in an Exhilarating Fable
Don't mistake simplicity for simple-mindedness in Mike Flanagan's wonderful adaptation of Stephen King's novella.
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'The Phoenician Scheme': Morality, Capitalism, and Hand Grenades
Wes Anderson's latest attempts to wrestle with moral costs, but lacks an emotional core.
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Every Franchise Needs a 'Wick Is Pain'
We're overdue for educating a new generation of cinephiles.
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'Ballerina' Tumbles with Bloated Action and Empty Characters
'John Wick' without Wick fails to click.
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'Friendship', 'The Rehearsal' and the Awkwardness of Being a Person
The high stakes of human connection.
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Ethan Hunt Loves Everybody and Has No One
Thoughts on the 'Mission: Impossible' movies, Tom Cruise, and the loneliness of the long-distance runner.