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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...

This is a Coup!

Field of Vision and journalist Paul Mason present the story of Greece’s 2015 confrontation with the EU
4-Part series to launch on Field of Vision site December 15

That last shot has so much to say…

I absolutely love the vimeo community. Some of the most beautiful ideas, short films and animated wonders quietly call the URL home and this dramatic montage from Lorenzo Antico is a perfect example. In the just under three minutes it will take to watch this video,...

First trailer for 'The Jungle Book'

Disney studios is finally ready to let the world see what's been going on in the jungle. Their latest live-action return to an animated classic has its first trailer and while I was on the fence until the very last scene, well, why not? It could be terrible but that...

Here comes 'The 5th Wave'

Not a great deal of time right now so let me just throw the latest Chloë Grace Moretz trailer up for your viewing enjoyment. The official synopsis and trailer below: In the new film The 5th Wave, four waves of increasingly deadly attacks have left most of Earth...