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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...

Final ‘Jurassic World’ Trailer

This Friday, June 12th, the doors will open to “Jurassic World,” and today Universal posted the final trailer on their YouTube page. I watched the trailer with my daughter this morning and she asked, “If the dinosaurs keep escaping and eating people, why do they keep...

Amazon Prime Music celebrates one year

Let's not be coy, Amazon is one of our sponsors and so we want you to use our links and buy stuff from them. But wait! We actually are pretty big fans of Amazon Prime, and we've been talking about the service on our podcast since way back when OK was our show's...

'Jaws' back in theaters for 40th anniversary

Confession: I have not watched “Jaws” from beginning to end. I’ve seen enough bits and pieces to hold my own in a conversation about the movie, but I’ve just never sat down and watched the film in its entirety. Why? I’m terrified of sharks. Terr-i-fied. Last week The...

Sundance trailers, Unite!

As always there was a lot of buzz coming out of the Sundance Film Festival in 2015 with films like "Dope," "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl," and "The End of the Tour." Most of the big ticket items from the festival landed distribution and we're getting a slew of...