It was back in 1993 that Jurassic Park arrived, creating a huge franchise and impacting popular culture significantly. Now, though, we’re dealing with imitations of what used to be a clever and engaging story filled with fast-paced action. I think the point things started going wrong was when they began giving the Velociraptors personalities, making one of them practically someone's pal. We went along with it—more…

The beginning is incredibly powerful, but the film unfortunately doesn't maintain that momentum. It just keeps falling short afterward. Final rating: ★★½ - There were aspects I really liked, but ultimately it wasn’t successful overall.

Dinosaurs captivated me when I was little, so I was really excited about the first Jurassic Park movie—a film I considered excellent then, and still do. Unfortunately, the movies that followed have been quite uneven. This one, though, definitely landed in the “what a letdown” category. It's clear whoever wrote it just threw together old ideas and typical Hollywood tropes, then tacked on some irritating lectures to…

“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” (2018) centers on Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) and Owen (Chris Pratt), who head a group returning to Isla Nublar to rescue dinosaur species facing extinction from an erupting volcano. The intention is to move the creatures to a secure island, but things don’t go as planned. My short description pretty much covers what this fifth film in the series is about. I bring up Indiana Jones…

It made me feel awkward even to have watched it; the whole thing has a deeply uncomfortable quality. I couldn’t bring myself to finish it, and gave up somewhere in the middle.