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The Summer 2025 Box Office Breakdown

As August comes to a close, the weather starts to change, and so do the blockbuster movies playing in theaters. 2025’s summer blockbuster season saw live-action remakes of beloved children's movies, original horror films, superhero movies, and more. With the summer...

Rehashed ‘Rebirth’ is another low for the Jurassic franchise

Jurassic World: Rebirth (1 star out of 4) We’re seven films into the Jurassic Park/World franchise, and the filmmakers still don’t have any new ideas. “Jurassic World: Rebirth” feels like an excuse to make money without trying, and it deserves to join the fossil...

Why you need to watch “Kubo and the Two Strings” (2016) now that it’s back on Netflix!

Premise A young storyteller, Kubo (Art Parkinson), lives the truth of his stories as he must find an ancient suit of armor to fight against the vengeful Moon King (Ralph Fiennes). A Dying Art https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r01mk6F_Pk See how stop-motion played a...

Weak ending undermines suspenseful ‘Heretic’

Heretic (2 ½ stars out of 4) During the two years I spent as a missionary in Northern Illinois, I would occasionally wind up at an appointment where the investigator clearly wasn’t interested in learning about the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. In the best cases,...

‘Love and Thunder’ is a step down from ‘Ragnarok,’ but pretty good for post-‘Endgame’ MCU

Thor: Love and Thunder – 3 stars out of 4 For the “Thor: Love and Thunder” soundtrack, director Taika Waititi uses Guns ‘n Roses the same way he used Led Zeppelin for “Thor: Ragnarok” in 2017. Guns ‘n Roses was a great band, far superior to most all its peers, but it...

The quest begins for ‘Kubo’ this August

I'm not sure why, but everything in this "Kubo and the Two Strings" trailer works for me. The cast, the visuals, the musical magic powers -- it all looks great. Below, we have the latest trailer for your viewing enjoyment. From the studio: Kubo and the Two Strings is...

Get ready to hear ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ sing

Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant are bringing to life the bizarre but true story of Florence Foster Jenkins. Jenkins was an opera singer known for her less-than-stage-ready abilities, and ability to draw an audience. The film won't be out until later this year, but early...

First look at delayed ‘Snowden’

We've been hearing about "Snowden: for a while now. The movie that was supposed to be released last year has been pushed all the way back to September. Hopefully, the move to late in the year suggests the studio believes it has award material, and not that the picture...

Filming begins on Netflix original, ‘OKJA’

Netflix has gone from a DVD mailer company to one of the most interesting independent film studios in history. From this announcement, it looks like the company has no problem attracting talent, and even though they've yet to hit a homerun independent movie, they're...

Netflix unleashes a first look at “Danger Mouse”

I don't know anything about Danger Mouse. I mean, it's pretty cool that his first name is Danger but other than that, everything about this announcement and trailer were news to me. From Netflix: The world’s greatest superspy, Danger Mouse, returns in dashing,...