One of the key elements missing from Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is the audience’s vicarious exploration of a fantastic theme park. The unbeatable 1993 original and 2015’s Jurassic World offered a sense of awe, not only towards reanimated dinosaurs, but also in its depiction of a lavish, fascinating science lab and family-friendly ride that shows us the impossible. Never … [Read more...] about JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM New Movie Review
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Summer Movie Preview 2018
Let's talk box office. The amount of money a movie makes doesn't always mean the film is good (case in point, the wretched $300 million-grossing Suicide Squad). Summer movies tend to draw more attention to their typically massive opening weekend gross than their quality. On occasion, the movies are as good as the money we invest in them. Other times, we feed sucker money to a … [Read more...] about Summer Movie Preview 2018
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 New Movie Review
I knew Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 was going to work from the first scene, which somehow gives audiences exactly what they want but offers a sly twist. The film opens with an intergalactic crew of space adventurers, led by Starlord (Chris Pratt, former Bubba Gump Shrimp Company server in Lahaina). Along with the green, no-nonsense Gamora (Zoe Saldana), the hulking, … [Read more...] about GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 New Movie Review
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN New Movie Review
The key to Antoine Fuqua's remake of John Sturges' The Magnificent Seven (which is a remake of Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai) is that it genuinely loves the western genre. Although westerns were, at one point, second only to musicals as the most popular type of movie, their appearance in movie theaters is now awfully rare. When they do pop up, the films in question tend to … [Read more...] about THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN New Movie Review
Mauitime 2016 Fall Movie Preview
The fall movie season, with its acclaimed film festival favorites and prestige Oscar candidates, is looking like a nice alternative to 2016's Bummer Summer. To misquote a classic Christopher Walken SNL sketch, if the past movie summer was a cowbell, the fall season of cinema is the aspirin. Here's the best of the lot that isn't a sequel, prequel, CGI cartoon, remake, or comic … [Read more...] about Mauitime 2016 Fall Movie Preview