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It’s Time to Let the ‘Jurassic World’ Franchise Go

It’s hard to think of a franchise that’s as bankrupt, tired and irrelevant as Jurassic World. In the last ten years, this IP has been flanderized into extinction, turned into a parody of Michael Crichton’s work, and yet it still continues to be exploited again and again. Now the news has come out that Gareth…

‘The Odyssey’ Review: A Model of Mediocrity

The Odyssey might take the trophy for most-anticipated movie of 2026. It’s common, given the nature of the internet, for even insignificant things to blow up out of proportion, but for Christopher Nolan’s latest project, it does seem like the talk was justified, as critics pile praise on it, and IMAX screens sold out for…

James Gunn is Here to Stay

Mark Twain might have said that the report of his death was greatly exaggerated, so James Gunn might say that the report of his departure from DC Studios was greatly exaggerated. Despite Warner Bros. dropping Zack Snyder like a hot potato, they don’t seem to be quite so eager to be rid of his successor.…