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Movie Review - Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

Directed by J.A. Bayona Starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rafe Spall, Justice Smith, Daniella Pineda, James Cromwell, Toby Jones, Ted Levine and Jeff Goldblum. Intro When Jurassic World debuted in 2015 it went on to become a bigger hit than most people anticipated. Critics were mostly positive on the film and audiences seemed to enjoy it as well, so a sequel was going to be inevitable. How could they improve on what was a fairly solid and entertaining film that easily stacks as the second best in the Jurassic series? Plot This time around the island that is home to all the dinosaurs we've come to know is about to be destroyed by an active volcano. There is a huge debate on whether or not anything should be done to save these creatures. Majority of people are against saving them, including Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) who stands before congress to say why we shouldn't save them. Once the verdict is in Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) ...

Movie Review - Lady Bird (2017)

Lady Bird tells the story of Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson (Saoirse Ronan), a high school rebel who cannot wait to graduate and move as far away from her family as she can. Her mother Marion (Laurie Metcalf) loves her but she can be a little overbearing with her parenting at times and her father (Tracy Letts) usually just stays out of most things because he doesn't like confrontation. The story follows her as she goes from being somewhat of an outcast at her school to two relationships with boys and working her way up to be one of the popular kids. All this while stirring up her own trouble at home with her family. The story here isn't anything you haven't seen before, it's your basic coming of age story. You have a character who is different from the masses but wants to fit in and tries to do so by acting out. Thankfully, director and writer Greta Gerwig knows how to get the right emotions out of the actors involved and puts together a rather telling s...

Movie Review - Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)

When Pitch Perfect came out in 2012 nobody, including myself, was expecting too much from the film based on it's trailers. To our surprise the film ended up being much better than anticipated and went on to be both a critical and box office success. It did so well at the box office that it spawned a sequel in 2015. The sequel wasn't quite as loved as the original but it still struck a chord with most critics and audiences enjoyed it so much it went on to gross more than double what the original was able to bring in. Now we arrive at the third and supposed final film in the franchise, which might be a good thing because this one felt like they were running out of steam. The Barden Bellas are back after winning their world championship in the previous film. They've all gone on to bigger and better things, or at least that's what they all hoped for. After reuniting for a get together the Bellas decide to go on one last singing competition because they know they ar...