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My Mother’s Wedding

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  • Title: My Mother’s Wedding
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Released without much fanfare, I can’t remember seeing a single trailer for this film (which is saying something in this day and age), the directorial debut of Kristin Scott Thomas (who also co-wrote the script) stars Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller, and Emily Beecham as the grown daughters who return home for their mother’s (Kristin Scott Thomas) wedding. While all three of the daughters have their own relationship issues, Johansson gets the biggest role here that ties into both her career in the Royal Navy and memories of the pair of lost fathers the girls suffered (both who died in the line of duty when they were children) which is shown through some simple, but effective, animation. 

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Jurassic World Rebirth

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  • Title: Jurassic World Rebirth
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Good news, bad news. The good news is that Jurassic World Rebirth is better than the last couple Jurassic World movies where the franchise offered us the disappointing Dominion and dreadful Fallen Kingdom. The bad news is it’s not all that much better. A far cry from the franchise’s best, Jurassic World Rebirth struggles with what to keep and what to throw out in a formulaic adventure that is smart enough to make fun of the lagging interest in dinosaurs decades after the original Jurassic Park but not smart enough to offer anything new other than shoehorning in Black Widow. Still, for a summer popcorn movie with dinosaurs, you could do worse (as the franchise has proven).

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The Phoenician Scheme

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  • Title: The Phoenician Scheme
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You know going into a Wes Anderson film it will look great, and in that aspect The Phoenician Scheme doesn’t disappoint. Incredibly designed sets and styles match a wacky tale of a businessman Zsa-zsa Korda (Benicio Del Toro) who is of note for two reasons. First, under attack from a shadowy group (which may or may not be tied to the government?) crippling his business by inflating the cost of materials vital to the job’s completion, Korda is attempting to salvage the biggest deal of his career. And second, everyone wants him dead, so much so that unexpected plane crashes due to bombs smuggled onboard his plane are a common occurrence.

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Fly Me to the Moon

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  • Title: Fly Me to the Moon
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Fly Me to the Moon

NASA might seem an unusual spot for a romcom, but Fly Me to the Moon soars on the wit of its script and the charm of its stars Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum. Is it a great film? No, but it’s a damn sight better than your average romantic comedy and certainly better than I was expecting. Johansson stars as Kelly Jones, a New York marketing expert brought it to make NASA sexy again and help sell both the public and Congress on Apollo 11‘s trip to the moon. Concerned with the safety of the astronauts and the aura of the program, Cole Davis (Tatum) immediately butts heads with Kelly’s approach (despite the obvious attraction between the pair).

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