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Movie Review: Spectacular, Suspenseful "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" Is A Forced Hybrid Of Better Movies

Reviewed by Patrick & Paul Gibbs   Out of Four 2015's   Jurassic World is a movie that has very much fallen victim to the "if it's so good, how come everybody liked it?" mentality, starting out as a literal monster hit that breathed life back into the franchise (even if it was heavily based on nostalgia) that received better reviews than either of the previous sequels to Steven Spielberg's classic. But the haters quickly took control of the narrative, and there was a major backlash against director Colin Trevorrow as he was branded the personification of white male privilege in Hollywood (and he made one incredibly stupid statement which helped fuel that, but otherwise it's really not fair to aim so much of the brunt of the anger at this very legitimate problem at him, any more than it would be to single out Paul Feig or Gary Ross for being white men hired to direct all female cast reboots.)   Jurassic World,  which was unabashedly silly (not the...

New 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' Trailer Debuts During Super Bowl

A new trailer for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom made its debut during the Super Bowl tonight. Starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, the film is produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by J. A. Bayona. Check out the trailer below: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom hits theaters this summer, June 22. Visit the official website here . The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and a whole lot more. THE BEARDED TRIO ON FACEBOOK THE BEARDED TRIO ON TWITTER THE BEARDED TRIO ON GOOGLE+ THE BEARDED TRIO ON PINTEREST CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON STEVEN SPIELBERG CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON GEORGE LUCAS CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON JOHN WILLIAMS

Movie Review: J.A. Bayona's "A Monster Calls" is A Spellbinding Masterpeice

A MONSTER CALLS Starring Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Tobey Kebbell and Liam Neeson as the Monster Based on the book by Patrick Ness from an Original Idea by Siobahn Dowd Screenplay by Patrick Ness Directed by J.A. Bayona Reviewed by Paul & Patrick Gibbs Out of Four For starters, we have to emphatically state that, despite the increasingly low quality of his recent action films, any movie that includes the credit "and Liam Neeson as the Monster" is automatically a classic. But for director J.A. Bayona's extraordinary new offering A Monster Calls , that's just the tip of the iceberg. The director of  The Impossible and the scheduled follow up to Jurassic World has fashioned a masterpiece that is both heartbreaking and uplifting. Conor O'Malley (Lewis MacDougall) is a 13 year-old boy who has a bully problem. At school, he is the target of a gruff older boy who taunts him and occasionally roughs him up, a  home he is fa...