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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...

That Kevin Bacon video we talked about

It's possible, however unlikely, that you have yet to see this brilliant little PSA about the 80's. For that reason, and since its Travis' main reason for his Amazon Prime pick this week, we want to make it as available as possible. So, if you were listening to the...

Podcast: the Cinco Paul episode!

Writer of "Despicable Me" and "Despicable Me 2,"  Cinco Paul, joins the show this week to discuss the Oscars, screenwriting, and of course our retro review "The Three Amigos!" We lead with our picks for the week, but let's not be coy, this is the Cinco Paul show and...

5 classic kid cartoons ready for the big screen

SALT LAKE CITY — “Mr. Peabody & Sherman” will be hitting the silver screen this weekend, and early reviews suggest it will be a win for family-friendly moviegoers. If Dreamworks is able to translate warm reviews into revenue, there’s a good chance studios will be...

Podcast: Robocop review

Welcoming guest-host Curtis Linnell from OK.com, we discuss the latest Hollywood remake: "Robocop." Also, thanks to Simon Pegg, we get a bit sidetracked on storytelling 101, and give our Valentine's day picks for the adorable holiday. Also, during the show, John...

That picture we're talking about

On today's podcast, we go off on some storytelling tangent all because Simon Pegg (@simonpegg) went ahead and tweeted the picture below. To call this an early outline is a bit of an understatement, but it got John and me talking because this is a classic example every...