Jurassic World Rebirth Review | Flickreel
Jurassic World Rebirth opens with a character saying, “Let’s get this over with,” while unwrapping a Snickers bar. That essentially sums up this revival of a revival that ultimately revives nothing. Jurassic World Rebirth is the cinematic equivalent of beating…
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I Don’t Think This Teen Comedy & Secret Jane Austen Adaption Will Ever Be Topped
Clueless returns to theaters this weekend to mark its 30th anniversary. Just typing that out makes me feel like the Cryptkeeper. Has it really been a quarter-century since we first visited the halls of Bronson Alcott High School? In the…
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Jurassic World Rebirth Review: A Ferocious Revival
In Jurassic World Rebirth, director Gareth Edwards (Rogue One, The Creator) injects fresh life—and a jolt of danger—into the aging dino-franchise, delivering a taut, standalone science fiction action-thriller that feels equal parts reinvention and love letter. With a leaner narrative,…
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M3GAN 2.0 Review | Flickreel
Before the film was even released, M3GAN solidified her place as a pop culture icon with a random hallway dance. There was little doubt the first film would spark a franchise, but M3GAN 2.0 surprisingly doesn’t just repackage its predecessor.…
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Scarlett Johannson & Big Action Set Pieces Cannot Save Gareth Edwards’ Lifeless Dinos-Go-Rawr! Movie From Extinction
“Jurassic World: Rebirth” is an incredibly curious and even puzzling entry in the “Jurassic World”/” Jurassic Park” franchise, sadly, one of its worst. It’s loud, full of ostensibly thrilling and epic action set pieces—that are kind of scary and intense…
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I Loved How This Musical Supernatural Anime Combined Genres To Create A Spectacular Show
KPop Demon Hunters has incredible animation, music, and a beautifully brilliant story. The animated family film follows a girl band who also happen to be the main line of defense against demons invading the Earth. And while the story seems…
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Shazad Latif’s Swashbuckling Action-Adventure Series Is This Summer’s Must-Watch
With summer now in full stride, we’re all inevitably thinking about the beach — or, at the very least, about the ocean, for those of us who either spent too much time at the aquarium as a child or hate…
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Emma Mackey and Fiona Shaw Search for a Cure in This Dark, Messy Family Drama
We’re in the midst of a record-breakingly sweltering summer, and while there’s probably relief to be had in watching a film like Fargo or Frozen — one that features decidedly cooler temperatures — if you’d rather use your media to…
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John Cena and Idris Elba’s Prime Video Action-Comedy Is Stupid in All the Right Ways
Among the many highlights of James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad was the will-they-won’t-they bromance between Idris Elba’s Bloodsport and John Cena’s Peacemaker. While in the film, they were on the same side (for the most part), their constant bickering made…
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Taron Egerton’s New Apple TV+ Series Starts With a Double Murder — and a Clue Everyone Missed
Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Smoke Episodes 1-2. Apple TV+'s new prestige series, Smoke, debuts with a two-episode premiere that sets up the main premise and then some. Starring Taron Egerton as an arson investigator and Jurnee Smollett…
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As the Team Races to Save One of Their Own, the Enemy Is Finally Revealed
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Murderbot Episode 8. With just two episodes left until the finale, Murderbot Episode 8 kicks off the series' last push to the end. In the wake of last week's chaotic violence and…
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This Brutal Final Installment Takes Everything That Works, Cranks It Up to 100, and Then Goes Even Further
Squid Game is quite the contradiction. It's a show with international appeal and an intriguing premise based around a style of acting and filming that is very much Korean. As a viewer who's watched her fair share of Asian dramas…
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