Month: June 2022

Elvis (2022)

Weirdly, I can’t remember the first time I heard of Elvis, but I do remember the first time I recognized him. It was when a young Forrest Gump recognized him on TV after meeting “the King” earlier on in life. Needless to say, of course I have always been a fan of him.

This just goes to show that Elvis, one of the top five or so most popular entertainers in American history, is almost as embedded into that history as Washington or Lincoln. A truly larger than life stage presence indeed would deserve a biographical film of that caliber. Enter director Baz Luhrmann, and you get Elvis.

Tags 2022, Austin Butler, Baz Luhrman, Dacre Montgomery, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Forrest Gump, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Movie Reviews, Olivia DeJonge, PG-13, Presley, Rated PG-13, Tom Hanks

3 Stars Movies

Lightyear (2022)

Right from the get go, we see in the opening credits that Lightyear is not at all related to the semi-kooky but lovable Buzz we have seen grow since we first met him over a quarter century ago. Instead, it is the movie that would become the favorite of young Andy back in 1995 (when the original Toy Story was released.)

Well, I knew I was not likely to get any call backs to Buzz being called “Mrs. Nesbit”(“DO YOU SEE THE HAT?”), but oh well. A framing device is a framing device.

Tags 2022, Chris Evans, Disney, Disney/Pixar, James Brolin, Keke Palmer, Lightyear, Movie Reviews, Peter Souhn, PG, Rated PG, Taiki Waititi, Tim Allen, Toy Story

1 1/2 Stars

Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)

Post author By Mark A. Lester
Post date June 11, 2022
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Had I been born approximately two or so years earlier, I would have fond memories of the original Jurassic Park in the theaters during its original release. Alas, I was six, so I had to wait until home video. After the promise of a series revival of sorts with 2015’s highly entertaining Jurassic World, the series was on its last little Dino legs when the highly disappointing Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom was released in 2018. I hoped life may find a way to bring the series home to a somewhat satisfying conclusion.

In the third and final installment of the Jurassic World trilogy (and possibly last in the Jurassic saga), Jurassic World: Dominion indeed brings the series home…to extinction.

Tags Bryce Dallas Howards, Campbell Scott, Chris Pratt, Colin Trevorrow, Dominion, Jeff Goldblum, Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, Jurassic World Dominion, Jurassic World: Dominion, Laura Dern, PG-13, Rated PG-13, Sam Neill, Steven Spielberg