#Dr. Daniella Pineda

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Written by Efe Teksoy, "Jurassic World Dominion"

Written by Efe Teksoy, “Jurassic World Dominion”

A GIANT BLOCKBUSTER “JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION” Cinema Writer/Film Critic Efe TEKSOY; wrote the action, adventure and science fiction film “JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION” for America’s Los Angeles based Internet Newspaper @alaturkanews. EPIC SERIES ENDING Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment‘s $165 million co-production, Jurassic World Dominion, has approached the $1 billion mark at the global…

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Movies I watched in February

fyi, I have zero knowledge on how to professionally rate or review a movie. I am not gonna pay attention to every little detail. these rating are simply based on how much I enjoyed/liked the movie

Follow me

Unhinged

In Time

Avengers Age of Ultron

Songbird

Star Trek

Step up all in

Project Almanac

Ant Man

Space Sweepers

Christiane F.

Jurassic World

Jurassic World the fallen kingdom

1. follow me

A social media personality travels with his friends to Moskow to capture new content for his successful vlog. Always pushing the limits and catering to a growing audience, they enter a cold world of mystery, excess, and danger. 

starring: Keegan Allen, Holland Roden, Denzel Whitaker, Ronen Rubenstein, Pasha D. Lchnikoff

the end was very predictable and i pretty much already knew halfway through the movie what was gonna happen. but it still was quite thrilling and I did enjoy watching it

6.5/10

2. unhinged

After a confrontation with an unstable man at an intersection, a woman becomes becomes the target of his rage. 

starring: Russel Crowe, Caren Pistorius, Gabriel Batemen

hm idk, I didn’t really like it, my sister didn’t really like it but my mom did, I think. it just seemed so, no overdramatic but just too much in a way

3/10

3. in time

In a future where people stop aging after 25 and need to buy time to live, the rich become immortal while others cease to exist. So, Will is on the run with a hostage in a desperate bid to survive. 

starring: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Olivia Wilde, Alex Pettyfer

yes, such a good movie. Ireally like the concept. can recommend

7/10

4. avengers age of ultron

When Tony Stark and Bruce Banner try to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program called Ultron, things go horribly wrong and it’s up to Earth’s mightiest heroes to stop the villanious Ultron from enacting his terrible plan. 

starring: Robert Downy Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johanson, Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Paul Bettany

hell yes, one of my favourite marvel movies. Wanda and Pietro.. Hawkeye.. all the little jokes throughout the entire movie and of course the scene where everyone tries to lift thor’s hammer, what’s not to love about this movie

10/10

5. songbird

In 2024 a pandemic ravages the world and it’s cities. Centering a handful of people as they naviagete the obstacles currently hindering society: disease, marital law, quarantine, and vigilantes. 

starring: K.J. Apa, Sofia Carson, Demi Moore, Bradley Whitford, Peter Stromare, Alexandra Daddario, Craig Robinson

I really enjoyed watching this. yeah sure, the ending was obvious but I was still glued to the screen. I also felt super weird watching this, kinda surreal because we are basically living a more harmless version of this rn. I really liked seeing sofia carson in such a movie, I’ve only seen her in the descendants so this was a bit of a change haha. I’m not that big of a fan of kj but he was great as well and i really loved his characters style.

7/10

6. star trek

The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father’s legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful Romulan from the future creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time. 

starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, Carl Urban, Eric Bana, Bruce Greenwood, Zoe Zaldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin

I put it on because I wanted to have some background noise while playing sims but I ended up playing like 20 minutes and then just watching the movie haha I forgot how good it was, and the others as well, aaand I totally forgot carl urban was in it, so that was a little surprise. anyways, can recommend watching them if you’re into sci-fi action movies but at the same time, if you’re into that I’m pretty sure you’ve already watched them.

7.5/10

bonus: I also watched star trek beyond the other day but this time I was barely paying attention so I can't really say too much, but it's also quite good👍🏻

7. step up all in

All-stars from the previous Step up installments come together in glittering Las Vegas, battling for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers.

starring: Ryan Guzman, Briana Evigan, Adam Sevani, Misha Gabriel Hamilton, Sephen Stevo Jones, David Schreibman, Mari Koda, Alyson Stoner, Izabella Miko

definetly one of my favourite dance movies. highly recommend it!! I’d like it more without the romancde but it’s fine, I guess, I can live with it haha and the last performance... wow just wow that’s all I can say to that. y’all go watch it

9/10

8. project almanac

A group of teens discover secret plans of a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.

starring: Jonny Weston, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Sam Lerner, Allen Evangelista, Virginia Gardner

okay... I did enjoy watching it! the beginning was a little slow imo but then it just got more and more intense which was kinda nice. god, at some point the main guy kept making the wrong decisions and that was very frustrating to watch. the ending was alright, spoiler ahead (I guess) I would have liked the ending more if it was the exact same as the beginning, meaning that the movie is just one big time loop and the events from the movie were about to repeat themselves. but that's just my opinion🤷🏻‍♀️

6.5/10

9. ant man

Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, cat burglar Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his Mentor Dr. Pym, plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.

starring: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Michael Pena, Bobby Cannavale, David Dastmalchian, T.I.

another one of my favorite mcu movies. it's just fun and easy and doesn't have a lot of pain in it. the giant ant it's my favorite part haha I want it as a pet

9/10

10. space sweepers

Set in the year 2092 and follows the crew of a space junk collector ship called The Victory. When they discover a humanoid robot named Dorothy that's known to be a weapon of mass destruction, they get involved in a risky business deal.

starring: Song Joong-Kim, Kim Tae-ri, Seon-kyu Jin, Hyang-gi Kim, Richard Armitage, Ye-Rin Park

I really loved this movie. I cried like 6 times haha, which came unexpected. (or maybe it's because I'm suppose to get my period any day now) I did not think I was going to enjoy this movie as much as I did, at all. it was fun, it was exciting, it was sad (even my dad said that) the plot was good, the visual effects were amazing, it did feel like I was watching this movie for like 5 hours but not in a bad way and I am now kinda emotionally attached to the characters haha (I might do a rewatch). another thing I really liked was the language/synchronization. in the original version they speak mostly korean and english but also some other languages and it's the same in the synchronizations. the dialogue of the main characters is in the language you pick but every other character (I guess) is a different language and I absolutely love that. I highly recommend watching this!!

also, its was super weird seeing Richard Armitage not as a dwarf hahaha

10/10

11. christiane f.

A teen girl in 1970's Berlin becomes addicted to heroin. Everything in her life slowly begins to distort and disappear as she befriends a small crew of junkies and falls in love with a drug-abusing male prostitute.

starring: Natja Brunckhorst, Thomas Haustein, Jens Kuphal, Christiane Reichelt

I binged the series the other day and after the last episode this movie was in the "watch next" thingy idk and I thought "well, why not" and watched it. good movie, definitely!! I really liked that they didn't show the highs of doing heroin but focused on the negative effects it has on someone and what it's doing to your body. it is a super realistic but very very dark movie. the actors were all about 15/16 years old and looked very young which was a good and kinda disturbing thing because christiane and her friend were like 13/14 when that all happened and it made you realise that there were kids doing all that stuff

9/10

12. jurrasic world

A new theme park, built on the original site of Jurassic Park, creates a genetically modified hybrid dinosaur, the Indominus Rex, which escapes containment and goes on a killing spree.

starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty simpkins, Nick Robinson, Irrfan Khan, Vincent D'Onofrio

13. jurassic world fallen kingdom

When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.

starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rafe Spall, Justice Smith, Daniella Pineda, Isabella Sermon

I am tired and don't really want to say all that much other than both of them are very good and I do like them. good action/adventure movies. can definitely recommend them. I definitely like the first one more because it feels like (just a little bit) that the main story in the second one is the same as in the first one, someone creates a new dinosaur species to make more money and something goes terribly wrong along the way. but it's still entertaining!

jurassic wolrd: 7.5/10

jurassic world fallen kingdom: 7/10

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"JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM" (2018) Review

"JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM" (2018) Review Following the release of "JURASSIC PARK III" in 2001, I had figured that was it for the JURASSIC PARK movie franchise. Boy, was I proven wrong. Fourteen years after the release of that third film, Universal Pictures and producer Frank Marshall presented a fourth movie for the franchise, "JURASSIC WORLD" in 2015, that proved to be a major hit. Following the success of that film, it was only natural that a fifth movie would be made.

Set three years after the events of the 2015 movie, "JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM" began with the United States Senate debating over whether to save the dinosaurs on Isla Nublar from an impending volcanic eruption from the island's volcano Mt. Sibo. Mathematician Dr. Ian Malcolm testifies that the dinosaurs should be allowed to die in order to correct John Hammond's mistake of cloning them. Meanwhile, Jurassic World's former operations manager, Claire Dearing, has established the Dinosaur Protection Group to save the animals. When the Senate decides not to rescue the dinosaurs, Hammond's former partner, Benjamin Lockwood, summons Claire to his Northern California estate, where he and his aide Eli Mills reveal a plan to relocate the dinosaurs to a new island sanctuary. They need Claire to help reactivate the park's dinosaur tracking system in order to locate the animals - especially Blue, the last surviving Velociraptor. Despite being estranged from him, Claire recruits Jurassic World's former Velociraptor trainer and Blue's alpha, Owen Grady, to help capture her. Accompanying them would be the park's former technician Franklin Webb and paleo-veterinarian Zia Rodriguez. Upon their arrival on Isla Nublar at the now defunct Jurassic World amusement part, Claire and Franklin work to reactivate the park's online tracking system. Meanwhile, Owe, Zia and a mercenary team led by Ken Wheatley search for Blue. When they find the velociraptor, one of Wheatley's men shoots Blue and Wheatley tranquilizes Owen. The mercenaries take Zia with them to treat Blue's injury. The mercenary ship, loaded with the captured dinosaurs, departs for the U.S. mainland, while the dinosaurs left behind die in the eruption. Meanwhile; Claire, Franklin, and Owen manage to escape the dying island and sneak aboard in time and assist Zia in transfusing Blue with Tyrannosaurus blood. The group now realizes that the captured dinosaurs were never being transported to a new island and have been captured for another purpose. And the latter has to do with a financial scheme being involving Eli Mills and Dr. Henry Wu, behind Lockwood's back. Despite earning over a billion dollars at the box office, "JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM" received very little positive reviews upon its release. In fact, it is regarded by some as a failure. Many critics and some film goers certainly regard it as inferior to the 2015 movie. How do I feel about "JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM"? I had a few problems with it. Well . . . to be perfectly honest, I had two major problems with it. My first problem centered around Benjamin Lockwood's estate serving as the setting for the film's second half. I found this rather limiting and claustrophobic. And I found myself wondering if the film's budget was responsible for this decision to limit the setting to a California country estate. The longer the film remained on that estate - especially inside that house - the more I became frustrated. And I have a second complaint about "JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM" - namely the fate of Benjamin Lockwood's granddaughter, Maisie. Why did Owen Grady and Claire Dearing end up as her guardians at the end of the movie? What happened to Maisie's nanny, Iris, who had been with the family for years? I do not recall her being killed by a dinosaur. So what happened to her? Why did she not take care of Maisie, following the death of the latter's grandfather? Despite my complaints, I enjoyed "JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM". In fact, I enjoyed it very much. Derek Connolly and Colin Trevorrow created a first-rate tale filled with tension, drama and especially comedy. I remember when the film first hit the theaters, many had complained about the movie's finale. They found it . . . illogical. Messy. I still find this complaint rather hard to swallow. The premise behind the JURASSIC PARK franchise can be considered illogical. Frankly, considering what happened in a period of twenty-five years and five movies, I thought it was only a matter of time that the franchise would reach this point. It almost did in 1997's "JURASSIC PARK: THE LOST WORLD". However, this film took it a step further with the release of several dinosaurs into the modern world. It was bound to happen. InGen and John Hammond had opened Pandora's Box a quarter of a century ago with the creation of dinosaurs, thousands of years after they naturally went extinct. I would almost equate the creations of these animals with that of nuclear energy and weaponry. Considering the occasional misuse and mishandling of nuclear energy throughout the years, I found it appropriate that a more disastrous scenario would finally befall in the JURASSIC PARK franchise than what happened in the previous films. "JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM" is also a popcorn summer film that depends upon a great deal of action. And it had its share of some first-rate action sequences. If I must be great, I enjoyed most of the action in the film's first half. I especially enjoyed the sequence featuring the natural destruction of Isla Nublar and Owen Grady, Claire Dearing and Franklin Webb's efforts to escape from the island after being abandoned by Ken Wheatley's team. For me, it was a breathtaking sequence as the trio raced to reach the boat conveying Wheatley's team and Zia Rodriguez (kidnapped and forced to treat the wounded Blue) to the United States. But there was an action sequence in the film's last hour that also impressed me. It featured the protagonists being hunted throughout the Lockwood mansion by Dr. Henry Wu's latest creation, the Indoraptor, a creation from the DNA of Indominus rex from the last film and Velociraptor - namely Blue. For me, those two sequences featured the best of some pretty damn good action scenes throughout the film. The movie did not feature as many breathtaking visual scenes as "JURASSIC WORLD". But there were a few that caught my eye, including scenes of those dinosaurs roaming the Earth:

But the one scene that produced a knot in my throat featured that last shot of Isla Nublar . . . and the death of the very brachiosaurus that Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler and Malcolm Campbell first saw in 1993's "JURASSIC PARK". Director J.A. Bayona, cinematographer Óscar Faura and the visual effects team really knocked it out of the ballpark by capturing both the grandeur and the pathos of the scene:

If there is one thing I can guarantee from a JURASSIC PARK/WORLD movie, it is a first-rate cast featuring excellent performances. Jeff Goldblum returned to give a short, yet solid performance as Dr. Malcolm Campbell, one of the original visitors to Isla Nublar. "JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM" featured the acting debut of Isabella Sermon, who gave an excellent performance as the young Maisie Lockwood. Trust this franchise to always hire naturally talented child actors. Ted Levine's performance as mercenary Ken Wheatley struck me as a gleeful portrayal of toxic masculinity. B.D. Wong's return as Dr. Henry Wu was somewhat briefer than it was in the 2015 movie. Yet, once again, the actor conveyed the convoluted egoism of Dr. Wu with great skill. I hope he will have a bigger role in the next film. Toby Jones gave an entertaining, yet slightly theatrical performance as the weasely auctioneer hired by Eli Mills to help sell those dinosaurs taken from Isla Nublar to potential buyers. James Cromwell struck me as emotional, yet dignified as Hammond's former partner, Benjamin Lockwood. Geraldine Chaplin gave a skillful performance as the Lockwoods' reliable employee Iris. Daniella Pineda was brash and entertaining as the sharp-tongued Dr. Zia Rodriguez. Justice Smith proved to be equally entertaining and quite hilarious as anxiety-ridden systems analyst Franklin Webb. Rafe Spall skillfully portrayed one of the most subtle and corrupt villains in the franchise, Eli Morrow. Chris Pratt returned as former Navy SEAL-turned-dinosaur trainer Owen Grady. I realized that many might not agree, but I enjoyed Pratt's first-rate portrayal of the no-nonsense Grady more than I did in the 2015 movie. I thought Pratt's performance was more subtle and best of all, his Grady seemed to have dropped that sanctimonious I had found slightly irritating in the previous film. Bryce Dallas Howard managed to skillfully take her character, former operations manager of Jurassic World, to the next level. In "JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM", Claire's previous encounters with the dinosaurs had led her to develop an appreciation of them as sentient beings. This new Claire is a passionate animal rights activist who has dropped her arrogant disregard of the park's inhabitants. It is possible that this new passion may have slightly affected her common sense, especially during the film's last 10-15 minutes. But thanks to Howard's excellent performance, she managed to convey a sense of plausibility in the slight changes in Claire's personality. As I had earlier pointed out, the critics did not like "JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM". In fact, some moviegoers had expressed dismay at the film's ending. I had at least two quibbles with the movie. But if I must be frank, I enjoyed it very much. More importantly, I found its ending very believable for a science-fiction tale. For once, the franchise was willing to face a consequence that its previous films managed to elude so far. The movie featured first-rate direction by J.A. Bayona; a well-written screenplay by Derek Connolly and Colin Trevorrow; and an excellent cast led by Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard. Good work guys!

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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - SPOILER FREE Movie Review

So, it’s been a hot minute since I’ve written anything on here. I’d blame it on college but really I think it’s just because I’m so lazy. I’m working on that and hopefully, this summer will give me some time to get stuff done. Anyways, here I am, and I’m about to talk about the movie I have so patiently waited THREE years for - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

Unfortunately, this movie isn’t out everywhere yet, so I’ll keep this review spoiler FREE, and maybe I’ll get myself to write a spoiler-filled review once this movie is out worldwide. Bear with me, this is long.

1. Cinematography

My absolute favorite thing about this film was the incredible cinematography thanks to Oscar Faura and JA Bayona. Almost all the shots in this film are ones I’d like to hang up on my wall. The scenes on the island are breathtaking, but the cinematography in the second half is on a whole different level. The brilliant use of light and shadows by Faura adds so much to the gothic/horror tone that the second half possesses. The visuals together with the score, courtesy of Michael Giacchino (which I will talk about later), create a striking effect that will be sure to scare the living shit out of you, and sometimes make you feel emotions you didn’t think you could feel in a Jurassic movie. The cinematography in this film is unlike any other Jurassic film, and I say that in the best way possible.

2. Music

Michael Giacchino’s score is absolutely gorgeous. At times, it was the reason why I couldn’t stop my heart from aching, and other times, it was the reason why I couldn’t stop my heart from beating uncontrollably. The music during emotional scenes would be the main factor in me sobbing out loud, and the music during tense scenes would be the reason why I would jump out of my seat. The power that Giacchino’s score has over this film is truly incredible, always being the reason as to why I felt specific emotions during different plot points throughout the movie.

3. Story

I can’t delve too much into this because I don’t want to enter spoiler territory, but I really enjoyed the story. 

All I’ve heard over the past week was “why do people keep going back to save the dinosaurs, just let them die” and “why do we need another Jurassic film?”, and this really frustrates me. This might be because I’ve developed a specific emotional attachment to these animals, but I personally believe that every human being in this franchise is responsible for keeping these animals alive. They brought them back to life, despite none of the dinosaurs wanting to (at least I doubt it), and exploited them for their own gain, so I don’t believe that humans deserve an easy way out of the mess they created in the first place and the dinosaurs certainly don’t deserve to die when they didn’t ask for this shitshow in the first place. The core of Fallen Kingdom explores the ethics behind this choice, which is precisely why I love it so much. 

I know a lot of people think the plot is useless and repetitive, but along with what I previously said, there is so much left to explore about this ethical dilemma. It is incredibly nuanced, interesting, and relevant. Fallen Kingdom shows us the reason why we can’t just leave these animals to die. It explores guilt, empathy, and redemption. But then again, I have a strong personal opinion and I love ethical dilemmas, so I am heavily biased. 

in addition to the core of the movie, there is a plot twist later on that I really loved. I thought it seemed like a natural progression for the franchise, and it opened a lot of new doors for the story to continue through. Although I loved it, plenty thought it was stupid and unneeded, but to each their own.

Despite this, I understand the reasoning behind why some people think it’s a stupid idea to go back to the island in the first place, which I will discuss when I look at the pacing of the movie.

4. Characters

We know that in Jurassic World, Claire started out as cold and calculated and as the events of the movie unfold, she begins to change, as her actions started to become more in sync with her morals. In Fallen Kingdom, Claire has started her own foundation that is dedicated to protecting these dinosaurs she once exploited for money. Though I do wish that we got to see more of how this change developed during the time between Jurassic World and Fallen Kingdom, the way her character has changed for the better and how that change makes her the driving force of this movie is one of my favorite things about it. Seeing Claire having the passion that she lacked in Jurassic World was something that made me love her even more than I already did. Although we don’t see how this 180-degree change develops, we definitely get to see how it influences her actions and choices throughout the movie. Bryce Dallas Howard does a wonderful job at really showing us this profound change in Claire, making us feel for Claire and truly believe that she has a passion for saving these prehistoric creatures.

As for Owen, he is more or less unchanged by the events of Jurassic World, so his character development is much less, or maybe even non-existent, in comparison to Claire. The one thing I can point out is that perhaps his decision to go back to the island and save Blue is an indication of trying to face his problems, rather than simply running away from them.

For those who know me, I live for Claire and Owen’s relationship. Fallen Kingdom builds on their relationship and puts Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt’s natural chemistry to good use. I have always loved that these two characters are polar opposites but work very well as a team, and I was glad to see that dynamic again, although, I wish there could have been more time spent on further elaborating and developing this dynamic, but that’s mostly due to problems with the pacing of the movie.

Maisie, Maisie, Maisie. She is the heart of this film. All the Jurassic movies have had kids in them, but for the most part, they aren’t hugely significant. Maisie changes the game. No more can be said without entering spoiler territory, so I’ll stop there. BUT, Isabella Sermon is INCREDIBLE as Maisie, I am so surprised this was her first ever acting gig. 

As for the supporting characters, I really loved Zia and Franklin, played by the wonderful Daniella Pineda and Justice Smith. The brother-sister relationship the two have off-screen translates very well on-screen and makes for some really fun interactions between these characters. Franklin serves as comic relief in a lot of scenes, and I think the skills he brings to the team are underappreciated. Zia is a badass, however, Pineda’s performance is the reason why and not and so much the story that is written for her.

The villains are a little too “I’m evil!” but for the most part enjoyable. Toby Jones seems to be the villain in every movie I watch so he’s pretty good at doing that. I don’t want to specify certain actors since I’m not sure if its common knowledge that they are villains, but I think the performances by the villans are good, apart from, as I said earlier, sometimes being a bit too cartoonishly evil. 

For the cameos... Ian Malcolm is back, but not for a whole lot, which I think is a shame. Jeff Goldblum is excellent and shines in his scenes, despite not being in the film for very long. Dr. Wu appears yet again, and the one big problem that I have with this movie is how underused he is. His character understands that what he is doing is a whole other level of fucked up but he understands how these dinosaurs work as well as the consequences of what he does. I really wished that his character was more significant because his opinions reflect a big part of the ethical dilemma that the movie explores.

5. Dinosaurs

There are a lot of them and they look incredible. The animatronic Blue, Indoraptor, and T-Rex breathe a whole new life into these dinosaurs, making them feel more like characters rather than just animals for us to be in awe of. My favorite has got to be the Stygimoloch, as it plays quite a significant role in a couple parts of the movie, and also, it's so adorable. OH and I think dinosaurs are really smart, people are dumb, and so maybe people should be extinct, not the dinosaurs.

6. Pacing

Now, this is the biggest problem I have with the movie. From the very start of the movie, AFTER the beautiful opening sequence, that is, everything seemed to be moving at warp speed. There was always something going on and it was just non-stop, not giving the audience a chance to breathe and take in whatever they just watched. There are a lot of character building moments that are ruined by the lack of time the audience gets to process them, making them much less impactful than they could have been if the film had slowed down for just a few minutes. Whenever something significant would happen, it immediately became insignificant because something else would happen not long after. 

The part of the film that takes place on the island moves way too fast, and I really wish they stayed on the island a bit longer, especially considering this is supposed to be the last time we will ever see Isla Nublar. The lack of time we spend there takes away from what should be an extremely significant and emotional plot point not just for Fallen Kingdom, but for the entire Jurassic franchise.

As I mentioned in the “story” portion of this post, the movie explores the reasons as to why we can’t just let the dinosaurs die. Although the movie does look at empathy, guilt, and redemption, it does so through the characters, as if we should already know these characters well enough to know why they are motivated to go and save these dinosaurs. For someone like me who is familiar with these characters and previous characters in the franchise, it is easy for me to understand their motivations. However, the film doesn’t give enough time for the casual viewer to empathize with these dinosaurs and help them understand why these characters feel a responsibility for these creatures’ fates. Again, this has to do with pacing, since with a lot of things happening from the get-go, there aren’t enough opportunities for the story to build and give viewers this understanding. I think the lack of build-up toward the decision to go back to Isla Nublar to save the dinosaurs is the main reason why many people don’t understand why this movie had to happen at all. 

IN CONCLUSION, I really really did love this movie. I’ve seen it twice now and it was better the second time around because my over-excitement for the movie as a whole and for some specific aspects didn’t get in the way and I was able to focus on a lot more things, allowing me to enjoy it even more. To end things, I really need to send my biggest thanks to JA Bayona for his excellent addition to the Jurassic franchise. Whenever people talked about Jurassic Park, they’d always talk about how terrified they were when they saw the T-Rex on screen for the first time. The first time I saw Jurassic Park, I had already seen big scary monsters in the cinema, so the movie never really scared me the way it did some people. However, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom made me feel so terrified at times that I could finally understand where these people were coming from when they talk about being terrified by Jurassic. So thank you JA for scaring me into a true Jurassic experience. Despite major problems with pacing, the film is beautiful when it comes to the visuals and sound, has a really interesting plot, as well as characters that I really love. I know this movie has been met with mixed reviews, and that really bothers me, but I loved it and I hope you at least give it a shot because it certainly deserves a fighting chance. 

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom gets 4/5 baby Blue’s

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Distribution

Chris Pratt : Owen Grady

Bryce Dallas Howard : Claire Dearing

Sam Neill : Pr Alan Grant

Laura Dern : Dr Ellie Sattler

Jeff Goldblum : Dr Ian Malcolm

Daniella Pineda : Zia Rodriguez

Justice Smith : Franklin Webb

B.D. Wong : Dr Henry Wu

Isabella Sermon : Maisie Lockwood

Omar Sy (VF et VQ : lui-même) : Barry Sembène

Campbell Scott : Dr Lewis Dodgson

Elva Trill (en) : Charlotte Lockwood

Mamoudou Athie

Scott Haze

Dichen Lachman

DeWanda Wise

Dimitri Thivaios

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Review: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

NOTE: I actually saw this movie in theaters but since it’s DVD release was yesterday I figured I’d post my review of it here. I might ramble on for several paragraphs in these reviews, especially if I feel strongly about something, so I’ll try and make it a point to post a short rating at the top as well as a more in depth one at the end.

NOTE THE SECOND: I don’t usually care about spoilers in these reviews so read at your own risk.

1 out of 5 stars. Only watch on Netflix if you exhaust all your other options.

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is written by Colin Trevorrow (previous writer and director of the last entry in the franchise) and Derek Connolly and was directed by J.A. Bayona. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard reprise their roles as Owen Grady and Claire Dearing respectively and are sent back to Isla Nublar by Jon Hammond’s previously never mentioned before former partner billionaire Ben Lockwood played by a James Cromwell who can barely bother to keep his eyes open throughout the movie. I, in fact, share that same sentiment.

Usually in these reviews I try to touch on all the aspects of said medium: visuals, camera work, writing, directing, acting, etc. But this review is going to focus mainly on the writing and acting because both are so atrocious all the other aspects are inconsequential. 

I didn’t think the first Jurassic World (JW) was as great as it needed to be for a soft reboot / revival of such a beloved franchise but it did have several memorable moments. The leads were charming enough to make you forget that they lacked meaningful character arcs (Claire does have one but the movie doesn’t care about it that much) and the action in the second half of the film was pretty cool (specifically T-Rex and Raptor and Giant Alligator Thing vs. the Indominus Rex). So for the second go around I was hoping that the filmmakers would take the time to really get it right and do the franchise justice. My hopes were far too high.

The only two performances that were worth anything in Fallen Kingdom (FK) were the two returning leads, Pratt and Howard. Howard is a decent enough actress but I’ve never seen a performance from her that I really love and FK continues that trend. Claire does undergo a change from shrewd, cold businesswoman to animal rights activist and that does give some depth to her character but it happens off screen during the three years between JW and FK. It was a little jarring at first but I swallowed it better when the film took a minute to explain her motivations. Pratt was as Pratt as ever as Owen is exactly the same through this movie as he was when we first met him in JW. I fear there’s a real risk for Pratt here as it seems as though he’s becoming another Will Smith or Tom Cruise. He is varying degrees of his usual charming and charismatic self in whatever project he appears in. Owen is just Pratt but outdoorsy to the extreme. Star-Lord is just Pratt with his ego turned up to eleven. Andy from Parks and Rec is just Pratt as a dumb man-child. And I guess that’s fine. Plenty of stars have made careers doing the same but actors actually stretching themselves and challenging themselves to become someone else will always be more impressive.

One thing that annoys me about modern blockbusters are their tendencies to inject new secondary characters into each following installment while completely ignoring the B cast from the previous entry. In the original Jurassic trilogy it did make some sense to do that as each sequel followed the branching lives of Ian Malcolm and Allen Grant who, we can presume, never encounter one another again after the first film. But here there’s little justification for it. JW’s comic relief characters Lowery and Vivian, played by capable comedy actors Jake Johnson and Lauren Lapkus respectively, are nowhere to be seen in this movie. Instead we have Franklin Webb, a spazzy tech guy played by Justice Smith, and Zia Rodriguez, a ball busting veterinarian played by Daniella Pineda. I don’t have much to say about Pineda, she was decent enough and served her purpose, but Smith … Oh my God. I believe this guy will go down in history as the absolute worst character in any Jurassic movie ever. Yes, he is even worse than every child character in all of the movies combined. He does nothing for the movie other than to scream in a high pitched voice when something scares him. Everything scares him. It’s always played for laughs but the joke falls flat on its face every time. The movie thinks it’s funny for a grown man to shriek in terror and scream out loud the thing that’s scaring him. “Lava!” “T-Rex!” “Social interaction!” All right, I made up that last one but the character is so cliché he might as well have said it. And what’s more there is no reason for this character to be here. The movie wastes a fine opportunity to bring back JW’s Lowery who was also a tech guy. In fact it even makes sense for him to run with Claire in her animal rights activism as he was a huge fanboy for Jurassic Park. He had toy dinosaurs all over his work station, he loves them! And it makes even more sense for him to return to Isla Nublar because he was familiar with the park’s computer systems. Why isn’t he joining Claire? He was courageous and had some genuinely funny interactions with Vivian. He certainly would have been better than Spazzy McScreamy.

Speaking of trends let’s talk about the obligatory child character. Isabella Sermon makes her big screen debut as Maisie Lockwood, Ben Lockwood’s granddaughter. Of all the new additions to the franchise she’s the standout as her performance has a depth and range most child actors would struggle to convey. Now one thing about the Jurassic movies is that their child characters were usually pretty capable in some way or another. Hammond’s granddaughter in JP reboots the computer system. Malcolm’s daughter in Lost World is able to gymnastic a raptor to death (yeah it’s a dumb scene but she saves her dad). The teenager in JP3 survives Isla Sorna alone for eight weeks. And the brothers in JW are able to fix a derelict jeep and rescue themselves. FK started out following this trend of capable children with Maisie … until it abandons the idea so we can have a “monster creeping through a child’s bedroom” scene. This completely undermined her whole character. Up until then the movie had established her as smart and independent and capable as hell. She snuck into the secret lab, spied and hid from the bad guys, busted out of her room which she’d been locked in, and climbed atop buildings all secretly by herself without help from a single grown up. But the minute the new hybrid dinosaur goes after her, which she had seen several times before then, she immediately forgets how capable she is and hides under her bed sheets. This might be the most heinous example of bad writing in this whole movie. Mixed messages? Okay, fine. Forgettable action sequences? Whatever, that’s most of Hollywood anyway. But please, for the love of God, have consistent characters!

Now the villains. Ugh.

BD Wong returns as the dastardly Dr. Henry Wu, the mastermind genius behind the dinosaur cloning process, the I-Rex, and FK’s new hybrid the Indoraptor.  It would seem that in the three years since JW InGen and its parent company Masrani Global have cut Wu loose as he’s now partnered with a new financier Eli Mills played by Rafe Spall, the CEO / director / executor of Ben Lockwood’s … estate? Company? Trust fund? I don’t remember the movie specifying what Mills’ job was, only that he was another white collar villain (because we haven’t seen that before in a Jurassic movie). Toby Jones makes an appearance as Mr. Eversol, an auctioneer for the high rolling criminal underworld, and Ted Levine plays Ken Wheatley, the leader of a disposable mercenary force who has an odd fetish for collecting dinosaur teeth. And that is literally all there is to the villains. Each of them is cartoonishly shallow to the point that Wheatley is a parody of an archetype and all Dr. Wu needs is a mustache to twirl. True, the villains have never been that big of a deal in the Jurassic movies as the dinosaurs have always been the main attractions but not even Vincent D’Onofrio’s Hoskins from JW was this bad and in a movie full of weakly written characters he was the weakest link.

And let’s not forget the dinosaurs. They are there. Not as much as you’d like but they’re around. The big draw for Owen this time around is to save Blue, the only surviving raptor from the pack he raised and trained, from Isla Nublar’s impending volcanic eruption. FK plays this up as though Blue was always the equivalent of a loyal attack dog but it conveniently forgets that JW established her as a dog capable and willing to bite the hand that fed her. The scene from the previous movie in which Owen is in the raptor enclosure is a tense moment because he is under threat from all the raptors, Blue included. In fact when the I-Rex persuades them to go after the humans all the raptors focus in on Owen. There was that one moment when Owen pulls off Blue’s head camera at the end of JW but to rewrite the relationship as though she were a loyal golden retriever, I feel like that was not earned in the slightest. And the main attraction this time is the new hybrid, the Indoraptor, essentially a smaller version of the previous movie’s I-Rex. FK presents this abomination of genetic manipulation as an ultimate monster but it really just looks like rejected concept art of the I-Rex. Also the Indoraptor is only in half of the movie. The I-Rex in JW was a better monster because it was terrorizing the island for almost the whole runtime. Plus the I-Rex has some decent build up and a good reveal. Here, it feels like the movie couldn’t be bothered. “By the way, we made another hybrid dino. Here it is.” I did enjoy the return of more practical animatronics over every dino being CGI but if you saw the last film this one doesn’t have anything special for you in that regard.

Let’s talk about Trevorrow’s writing. It’s awful. Like a pile of hot rancid garbage awful. The biggest problem with JW is that it completely ignores the moral of the original. JP was a cautionary tale that proves whenever man tries to exert his will over nature he will lose and just because we can do something it doesn’t mean we should. It’s classic man vs. nature ending with man being humbled. JW said, “Hey look, we’re going to keep doing that ethically questionable thing most people believe we shouldn’t be doing and wield the power of a god with no regards to any possible consequences,” and gets upset when the monster it created wreaks havoc. But does FK finally learn that lesson and try to take the franchise somewhere new that doesn’t lead the characters into being idiots who keep going back to the island? Do Michael Bay’s Transformers movies understand subtlety?

More than ever this movie has dumb characters making dumb decisions that nobody with a brain can follow. The villains want to capture the dinos and auction them off to billionaire criminals because these crime lords want them for pharmaceutical reasons (but why though?), the ability to hunt one like a big game hunter (because we also haven’t seen that before), or for weaponization. Let’s touch on that last point. The villains justify it by saying animals have been used in combat scenarios for centuries when armies rode to battle on horses and elephants. And the movie might have had a point if either one of those transportation methods hadn’t become outdated before the fifties.

Now just for the sake of argument I’ll list off a few more examples for this movie’s case: K-9 units, bomb detecting dolphins, and pidgins have all historically been used by one military or another at various times. But here’s the common thread among all those examples: none of those animals are predisposed to ripping a man’s head off in a single bite. Why do you think it isn’t common practice for a military to use lions and tigers and bears? And let’s take a closer look at the proliferation of working dogs and horses. Could it be that thousands if not millions of years of closely co-existing with humans have made them predisposed towards not killing us on sight? What’s that called? Oh yeah. Domestication!

Whether we’re talking about fiction or not, training an animal that never co-existed with humans so it can become an attack animal is not a good idea any way you slice it. Any semi-intelligent person can recognize that there are way too many variables to take into account. Oh but what about Blue, I hear you asking. Owen proved that raptors can be trained with Blue. That may be true but one successful instance against a multitude of failures does not prove the concept. Sure the Polish Supply Brigade around WWII kept a bear named Wojtek that would carry their supplies for them but you don’t see cargo bears being implemented throughout the world’s militaries these days. Do you know why? Because they’re freaking bears! They could go in for a playful swipe and nick your carotid by accident you MORONS!

And that leads me to this movie’s message. Apparently FK believes these animals have as much right to life as any other endangered species. That’s the whole reason Claire wants to go back so she can save them. But the film is bookended with Jeff Goldblum reprising his role as Ian Malcolm speaking before a congressional committee on how much that is a bad idea. He argues that nature selected the dinos for extinction millions of years ago and bringing them back was a mistake. The volcano erupting and eradicating the clone dinos on Isla Nublar, he says, is nature’s way of correcting that mistake. So the film opens and closes arguing why protecting these creatures from a second extinction is the worst. And yet we spend most of the runtime doing exactly that.

Seriously?

Malcolm has always been the ultimate voice of reason in these movies and we as an audience are inclined to agree with him given the proof each movie provides for his argument. There are four previous films illustrating why bringing the Earth’s most dangerous predators back to life is a horrible idea. And now that nature wants to correct the mistake you’re going to defy that decision?

The film uses Maisie here to make this case. The dinos are technically clones and we learn that Maisie is a clone as well so now we’re using clone rights to justify saving the dinosaurs. It is a weak argument thrown in at the last moment. Arguing for conservation is good and all but how well are you going to side with that argument when the T-Rex is meandering through a neighborhood gobbling up pedestrians left and right? These animals have lived on an island their entire lives. Aside from T-Rex who visited San Diego in the 90s they have never seen a town. The only human made structures they are familiar with were the derelict park buildings that the movie shows them waltzing through all the time. Even our own real world wild animals don’t understand that they should stay away from human settlements, how well do you think Blue is going to do the first time she’s caught in the headlights? But apparently they have a right to live because they are just as alive as Maisie the clone is so let’s end the movie by releasing all these dangerous animals, most of which are as large as a rhino or elephant, into the American countryside.

Sure, forget about public safety. Forget that dinosaurs had their chance but nature selected them for extinction over sixty million years ago. Forget about all the indigenous plant and wildlife that is now under threat because you just loosed at least eleven different dinos onto the world. Forget about how their nesting habits might destroy the landscape like nutria in Louisiana. What was your motivation again? Conservation? Give me a break.

Honestly this movie makes me glad Trevorrow was fired from Star Wars Episode Nine. This proves that he has no clue what decent writing looks like and has no regard for what the original was trying to say. Just because he was given the opportunity to make these films doesn’t mean he should have.

 1 star out of 5

A forgettable and messy film that slowly meanders through the second and third act with no sense of purpose other than to say, “Ooooh look. It’s a dinosaur!” And it doesn’t even say that well.

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I’m eagerly awaiting Universal’s announcement of Jurassic World: Dinosaur Protection Group.

It’s an animated series starring Daniella Pineda and Justice Smith (Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt reprise their roles for the season premiere and one or two other episodes, but it’s not about them).

The premise, of course, is to take our heroes through a thrilling series of around-the-world dinosaur rescue operations. Zia Rodriguez (Pineda) and Franklin Webb (Smith) team up with a former ACU pilot (the one who wasn’t available when Masrani flew the chopper) and a Jurassic World Ranger (we’ll call him Flash Bendar). Flash also has a Stegosaurus who was never put on exhibit because she had a genetic defect upon hatching--she never grew to her full size. This makes her conveniently small enough to fit in the back of a helicopter, boat, or certain land vehicles. Thus, this trusty band of five crosses the world, finding dinosaurs that were sold in the auction or stolen from the park. 

Of course, they are not alone in their quests. The shadowy Dr. Wu (voiced by B.D. Wong) also wants the dinosaurs to facilitate his nefarious experiments. Other villains include the greedy Arthur Marsh (yes, he’s a descendant of that Marsh) and a disgruntled ex-dinosaur-handler whose medical insurance for his missing arm fell through when Jurassic World went bankrupt and now works for the twisted genius Dr. Ann A. Tronix, who sees the fall of Nublar as an opportunity to grow wealthy off of robotic dinosaurs.

I need this show and I need three seasons. 

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The Mosley Review: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Where do I start? I love the Jurassic franchise and its had many ups and downs, but overall it is still great to see dinosaurs on screen. Whether they're just walking around or chasing down and eating people, its still thrilling. The problem with this franchise is that it has almost lost the magic and with this film, I felt that there were many terrible ideas left and right. You can break this film down into 2 parts. The first part was a thrilling action film that has heart and many themes that make it unique. The second part is where it just dissolves into a by numbers retread of The Lost World and it just keeps nailing you over the head about how we've not learned to leave these animals alone. There's also a subplot that was pointless in my opinion and did nothing really to further the bloated plot. There were many points in the film that I was truly asking why is that happening and you really didn't see all this coming? The action is always fun and the level of detail that goes into the dinosaurs is still astonishing, but it really wasn't enough in the end.

Chris Pratt returns as the hero Owen and the man carries this film perfectly with his trademark charisma. Bryce Dallas Howard was great again as Claire and when she isn't screaming her head off every few minutes, she actually gets to have some great scenes and the chemistry between her and Owen is still strong. I thought Justice Smith was good as Franklin, but I hated his character so much. He’s the stereotypical hacker that's afraid of everything and I'm tired of seeing that portrayed on screen. Daniella Pineda was great as Zia and I wanted more of her. She was feisty, brave and I loved how much she cared for the animals. Isabella Sermon was good as Maisie Lockwood and I liked her scenes with her care taker Iris played by Geraldine Chaplin. James Cromwell always brings a level of gravitas to every role and I liked him as Sir Benjamin Lockwood. Rafe Spall was great as the ambitious and greedy assistant Eli Mills. I always love seeing Toby Jones on screen and he did what he does best as Gunnar. Ted Levine was good as Ken and I compared him to Pete Postlethwaite's character Roland from The Lost World, if he was motivated by money and greed. B.D. Wong was good yet again as Dr. Henry Wu and yet I feel he's just there to connect the dots. Jeff Goldblum returns as Dr. Ian Malcolm and he has never been better as the character and he introduces us to what the future of the franchise will turn into.

The many themes of greedy, evolution and animal rights are on full display and they had a chance to develop a great moral story, but it only lasted for the first half of the film. I liked that the film was darker and more violent, but it just bogged down into an empty monster movie. Michael Giacchino once again delivers an excellent score that evokes John Williams while bringing his own style. There were fun moments in the film, but overall this film did nothing to further the franchise plot wise and it was as I feared: a monster movie with lots of teeth and no bite.    

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Daniella Pineda was born in 1987. She’s an American- Mexican actress, comedian, and writer from Oakland, California. Daniella Pineda played a paleo-veterinarian in the summer blockbuster Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom. Her character, Dr. Zia Rodriguez, is a main character in the Jurassic World trilogy films. Firstly, Jurassic World: the Fallen Kingdom and secondly, in the upcoming movie Jurassic World: Dominion.

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📽 TobiView 📽 *JURASSIC WORLD: Das gefallene Königreich* Kinostart 06.06.2018 FSK 12 Regie: Juan Antonio Bayona Drehbuch: Derek Connolly, Colin Trevorrow Produktion/Vertrieb: Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Legendary Pictures Budget (ca.): 170 Mio. USD 🦖 Inhalt: Auf Isla Nublar brodelt ein aktiver Vulkan. Dieser droht auszubrechen und die gesamte Insel ist in Gefahr. So kommt es, dass drei Jahre nach der Zerstörung des Freizeitparks ‘Jurassic World‘ Owen Grady und Claire Dearing auf die Insel zurückkehren, um den Fortbestand der dort noch lebenden Dinosaurier zu sichern. Während Owen in der Wildnis der Insel nach seinem Raptoren-Schützling ‘Blue‘ sucht wird eine Verschwörung enthüllt, die den gesamten Planeten bedroht. 🦕 Besetzung: Chris Pratt als Owen Grady, Bryce Dallas Howard als Claire Dearing, B. D. Wong als Dr. Henry Wu, Justice Smith als Franklin Webb, Daniella Pineda als Dr. Zia Rodriguez, Toby Jones als Gunnar Eversoll, Jeff Goldblum als Dr. Ian Malcom. 🦖 Trivia: Bei “JURASSIC WORLD: Das gefallene Königreich“ handelt es sich um den ersten Film der Reihe, der eine Szene nach dem Abspann zeigt. 🦕 Fazit: Fortsetzungen haben es immer schwer den Vergleich mit dem Vorgänger zu bestehen. Im Fall von “Jurassic World 2“ ist es ein zweischneidiges Schwert. Spannung und Atmosphäre sind auf mindestens gleichem Niveau wie beim Vorgänger. Einige Szenen sind hervorragend inszeniert, dennoch bleibt der Rest leider wenig im Gedächtnis und so lässt speziell in der zweiten Filmhälfte die Qualität nach. Dadurch wird der Streifen leider nur noch zu einem Sci-Fi-Action-Film mit einigen guten Szenen. Trotz ungenutztem Potenzial bleibt unterm Strich ein sehenswerter und unterhaltsamer Film. 🦖 Wertung: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (7/10) Gut 🦕 #TobisFilmwelt | #TobiView | #JurassicWorld | #JurassicWorldDasGefalleneKoenigreich | #JurassicWorldFallenKingdom | #JurassicPark | #Dinosaurier | #UniversalStudios | #UniversalPictures | #AmblinEntertainment | #LegendaryPictures | #Filmstagram | #Filme | #Kino | #News | #NurmeineMeinung | #Movie | #Cinema | #Moviegram | #Filmblog | #Movieblog | #Germanblogger | #Filmblogger https://www.instagram.com/p/CDD_xPyFpG7/?igshid=y2wyp9tg4u1z

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This Is The DPG! - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Viral Footage! #WECANSAVETHEM

What a great introduction to the Dinosaur Protection Group! This in-canon material is the perfect kind of set-up to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and the mission behind the film. This film is shaping up to include a great debate on dinosaur morality - with this video is the first look at saving the dinosaurs before it's too late. 

"What are you going to do to make sure that your children have the same experience that you did"  -- Claire Dearing

This promotional video for the DPG includes footage from Jurassic World and The Lost World: Jurassic Park, which is a nice touch. We get a glimpse of the Dinosaur Protection group in action, teaching kids about dinosaurs and how they matter. I also love how we get a bit of Claire Dearing and Franklin Webb (Justice Smith) in their San Francisco office.  We also get to hear Daniella Pineda's character Zia Rodriguez speak!

There's something special about hearing Claire promote the viral website as a legit website in the world of these films. This should certainly entice a broad audience to check out the website and dive deeper into the Jurassic Park/World lure. I couldn't help but notice the Dr. Pepper branding in the video, but otherwise, there wasn't anything else too commercial. What a fun video!

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The Full Name of Jurassic World 3 has been announced

After movies that hit the movies, for example, Jurassic World and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the third film in the Jurassic World arrangement is in transit. The executive of the new film declared that Jurassic World 3 will go under the name Jurassic World: Dominion. Colin Trevorrow, chief of Jurassic World 3, shared the name of the film, which will be discharged one year from now. As needs be, the third film of the Jurassic World arrangement will show up as Jurassic World: Dominion. Trevorrow likewise expressed that the shooting of the new film began with the photograph distributed on Twitter. The executive additionally expressed that he will share more photographs from the set on his Instagram account. The title "Domain" is believed to be a reference to the second film of the arrangement, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. In the film, dinosaurs were coming up short on imprisonment and spreading the world over, the word Dominion may show that dinosaurs will govern the world. Colin Trevorrow uncovered that he was on the principal day of shooting by including the expression 'The very first moment' to the photograph he shared. In September 2019, Trevorrow discharged a short movie called Battle at Big Rock, which straightforwardly connected occasions from the Fallen Kingdom to Dominion. The film recounts to the narrative of a family setting off to the camp with dinosaurs. In the short film, Trevorrow flagged that the third film of the arrangement would look progressively like the first Jurassic Park films. Be that as it may, Dominion can be seen with scenes like the 1997 film The Lost World: Jurassic Park, where T-Rex threatened San Diego. While Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard come back to the lead job in Dominion, Laura Dern (Dr. Ellie Sattler), Jeff Goldblum (Dr. Ian Malcolm) and Sam Neil (Dr. Alan Grant) from the first arrangement, which began in 1993, will likewise star in the film. . What's more, the stars of the Fallen Kingdom film Justice Smith and Daniella Pineda will be back with the new film. Jurassic World: Dominion will be discharged on June 11, 2021, the 28th commemoration of the first Jurassic Park. Read the full article

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Mercy Black

The latest horror movie to hit Netflix arrives with the unusual timing of 12:01 AM PT on a Sunday morning. But given the monster of “Mercy Black”—a sinister, hypnotic, fictitious supernatural force like Slenderman, Candle Cove, or the Blair Witch before them—it makes sense: Netflix is quietly dropping “Mercy Black” into its library like an anonymous Reddit post that tells a gruesome story, where what matters most is that it spreads, that scared people believe it. But if having their own Momo is Netflix’s latest attempt to grab viewers, they’re gonna need a much more disturbing monster. 

In the case of a woman named Marina (Daniella Pineda), Mercy Black was the reason that she and her friend Rebecca did a horrific thing to a third friend 15 years ago. In the opening sequence, we see her and Rebecca walk a third girl through an open field (singing “Itsy Bitsy Spider,” so you know it’s ominous) to a ravine, where the third girl is hit in the head with a rock. It's also soon revealed that they stabbed her multiple times. The story goes that Rebecca and Marina were trying to offer a sacrifice to Mercy Black, a force who had promised to take away their sadness in return. But was Mercy Black real? If not, who made her up? 

Years after the event, as a mortified Marina leaves psychiatric care to stay with her sister Alice (Elle LaMont) and Alice’s young, impressionable son Bryce (Miles Emmons), Mercy Black has lived on. As Bryce notices when searching Mercy Black on the internet, she’s gone viral, with origin tales on various websites that may or may not have been told before Marina's incident. And as Will (Austin Amelio), Alice’s skeezy true crime-junkie boyfriend poignantly states when getting hyped up about Mercy Black with dollar signs in his eyes, “She’s real enough.” 

Marina meanwhile is haunted by recollections of the crime (as if she didn't work on them just a tiny bit at a facility overseen by Janeane Garofalo's exposition-spewing Dr. Ward). And not long after Marina's arrival, strange bumps in the night start to occur at Alice's house, terrifying Bryce especially. Marina tries to help him by sharing her trick for sanity—saying to yourself that it's not real, and counting to five—but 'sounds like Mercy's back, and Marina better retrace her steps from 15 years ago. It's in these passages that Pineda does solid emotional work, showing a woman working through a personal horror. But the limited script by writer/director Owen Egerton does not take these intriguing ideas of belief and trauma to a challenging place so much as a routine, slightly twisty third act. 

For a story built on the palpability of belief—that believing in something is more powerful than fact—"Mercy Black" toes a line of practicality with its terror. What kind of monster are we dealing with here: a supernatural reckoning? Or is this flesh-and-blood slasher justice, like the hook man unleashed on those negligent ‘90s teens in “I Know What You Did Last Summer”? Egerton teases both possibilities for a long time, and it only pays off when the movie goes completely bonkers at the very end. Credit where credit's due, it’s the type of resolution that might lose some viewers’ graces, just as much as it might win a few of them over. 

Egerton is very particular in how we learn about Marina's incident, flashing back to it with abrupt cuts and visual triggers. But it doesn’t feel like Marina’s memories are coming together so much as a writer/director is withholding information for the sake of creating dread, slowly bringing us to his big picture. Though these are the only moments that the film is disorienting—progressively revealing how evil these young girls were—they also make it more tedious. While treading through the mystery of its past and experiencing the supernatural shenanigans of the present, you wait for “Mercy Black” to make you afraid of its secrets. That moment never arrives. 

The drama is sporadically curious, but you’ve seen the spooky stuff within "Mercy Black" more than a few times before: a creaky old home that conveniently doesn’t have a lot of lighting at night, jump scares that are telegraphed by obvious edits and music cues, a haunted-looking young boy. Even the design of Mercy herself leaves you hoping for a little more menace. 

When it comes to what scares us, believing is seeing. It’s what fuels our modern viral nightmares, like in the case of the kids who don’t know better and their subsequently frightened parents (Kim Kardashian included) who gave Momo a life beyond being a cropped photo of a sculpture with a gruesome backstory attached. But that barely tapped power of “Mercy Black,” whether in scenes of trauma or terror, makes it all the more disappointing. Mercy Black is just another monster you won’t care to believe in. 

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Jurassic World 3 Photos Released as Production Resumes

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Something has survived, and it looks a lot like the Jurassic World: Dominion production. About one month after Universal Pictures resumed production in the UK’s fabled Pinewood Studios on the film, we are getting a new behind-the-scenes look at the production, which is still centered around stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard. Clearly the studio wants audiences as well as their filmmakers to know safety is an urgent and primary concern for all involved.

Hence the release of the below images from the continuing film production, which was the first major Hollywood blockbuster to be announced as returning to work (the Avatar sequels are also resuming filming in New Zealand). While California film production continues to be indefinitely paused to the coronavirus pandemic, it’s a testament to the government response of other nations that some form of normalcy or production can continue. Indeed, these photos come as part of a report published by The New York Times on Hollywood film productions around the world trying to find their feet.

In the case of Jurassic World: Dominion that means 107-page safety manual that explains procedures as varied as infrared temperature scanners the cast and crew must be checked with every day upon arrival to a cafeteria with a plastic partition where masked workers prepare vacuum-sealed food. According to The Times, the $200 million production has a crew of about 750 people, who’ve been returning to work since July 6.

“We are able for this little moment to be in the world that we’re creating and leave the rest of the world behind,” director Colin Trevorrow told The Times.

This is in keeping with the safety procedures Universal previously announced for the production in June. With the studio spending $5 million on COVID-19 precautions, safety procedures include a private medical facility called Your Doctor to deal with employees’ entire medical needs via on-site doctors, nurses, and isolation booths, as well as nightly anti-viral “fogs” being spread across Pinewood Studios. The areas where cast and crew actually shoot scenes are also being referred to as “Green Zones.” The door to the latter can be seen in the above photos.

Jurassic World: Dominion is among the first productions to be up and running, but as it stays on track to meet a 2021 release date, the sequel is also paving the way for the rest of the industry. As an entertainment though, the movie is intended to be a finale for the previous two Jurassic World films that star Pratt and Howard. Trevorrow, who directed the first movie and co-wrote both of the previous films, is back in the director’s chair while working from a screenplay by himself and Emily Carmichael (Derek Connolly is still credited with a story credit).

In addition to the returning two leads of the last several movies, Jeff Goldblum is also reprising the part of Ian Malcolm for hopefully more than one scene while Sam Neill as Alan Grant and Laura Dern as Ellie Sattler are also returning. B.D. Wong as Dr. Henry Wu is likewise back, as are new additions to the series Daniella Pineda, Justice Smith, and Jake Johnson as Cruthers.

The next dinosaur adventure roars (hopefully) into theaters on June 11, 2021.

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Jurassic World 3: annunciato il titolo e l’inizio delle riprese

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Jurassic World 3: annunciato il titolo e l’inizio delle riprese

Jurassic World 3: annunciato il titolo e l’inizio delle riprese

Jurassic World 3: annunciato il titolo e l’inizio delle riprese

È Colin Trevorrow, regista di Jurassic World: Il regno distrutto, ad annunciare l’inizio delle riprese e il titolo ufficiale di Jurassic World 3, attraverso il suo account Instagram.

Trevorrow ha pubblicato poche ore fa una foto di un ciak che ci riferisce che il film si intitolerà Jurassic World: Dominion. Eccola di seguito:

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Jurassic World: Dominion vedrà sia Chris Pratt che Bryce Dallas Howard tornare nei loro ruoli. Insieme a loro, ritroveremo anche Justice Smith, Daniella Pineda, Jake Johnson e Omar Sy. Laura Dern e Sam Neill riprenderanno rispettivamente i ruoli che avevano in Jurassic Park, rispettivamente la Dr. Ellie Sattler e il Dr. Alan Grant. I personaggi sono stati visti per l’ultima volta nel Jurassic Park 3 del 2001. Un altro eroe originale, Ian Malcolm, interpretato da Jeff Goldblum, ha firmato per tornare in Jurassic World 3. Goldblum è stato visto l’ultima volta in Jurassic World: Il Regno Distrutto.

Alla regia torna Colin Trevorrow, che ha pubblicato il cortometraggio Battle at Big Rock, i cui eventi sono ambientati un anno dopo Jurassic World – Il regno distrutto mostrando i dinosauri che vivono nel nostro mondo e lottano per la sopravvivenza. Vi ricordiamo che  Jurassic World 3 uscirà nelle sale l’11 giugno 2021.

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Jurassic World 3: annunciato il titolo e l’inizio delle riprese

È Colin Trevorrow, regista di Jurassic World: Il regno distrutto, ad annunciare l’inizio delle riprese e il titolo ufficiale di Jurassic World 3, attraverso il suo account Instagram. Trevorrow ha pubblicato poche ore fa una foto di un ciak che ci riferisce che il film si intitolerà Jurassic World: Dominion. Eccola di seguito: View this […]

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CPU releases the list of approved university scholars

Congratulations to the approved university scholars for SY 2017-2018! Here is the list as submitted by Dr. Margen A. Java, Director, Student Development and Programs.

Grade VII

Rank 1 or Valedictorian - Full Free Tuition

Dalumpines, Julianne Heart H      

Rendon, Luke John Benjie T        

Segura, Althea Mae I                 

Silveo, Sophia P                         

Rank 2 or Salutatorian - Half Free Tuition

Ong, Sarah Estha S                    

Patricio, Isabella C                     

Zaldivar, Kaycee Angel C            

Senior High School

P 10,000.00/year (17 students)

Araneta, Micaela Jouraine S

Barcas, Matthew Anthony B

Boleche, John Vincent A

Cordova, Zerky Jan B

Deocampo Jr, Tom Lin S

Elisanan, Kathleen Flor B

Espada, Graziella Marie L

Hablado, Yusimay V

Jerez, Jethro Mark G

Magahum, Eric Angel V

Molina, Noelle Angela G ** Faculty Dependent

Montaño, Allyne Mae B

Pagayonan, Jedro Vienne Deo E

Radoc, Shekainah Yari Dawn C

Samillano, Rheilyn Ann M

Sumbillo, Marian Louise S

Villarin, Kathleen L

Note: **Scholarships are both funded by the University, may opt to choose whichever grant is higher.

 b. P 8,000.00/year (24 students)

Advincula, Catherine Anne U

Alvariño, Rae Gabrielle M

Andana, Joanna C

Balasa, Roda Marey Gale R

Barairo, Rica Mae C

Billones, Francheska Marie D

Dignadice, Elisa May L

Domingo, Gabrielle Fran C

Estrera, Rejean Melly C

Grio, Raven C

Hablo, Elan P

Lañosa, Ma. Roshan Jia S

Mallare, Edelynn P

Panaguiton, Mathew Jalem R

Pumarin, Jazzie Lou P

Quillamor, Krystle Kate E

Rizardo, Cera Angely S

Sola, Jannie Louise J

Sullano, Cara Eloesa F

Sullesta, Aileen Rose S

Tormon, Adrienne V

Tulayba, Anne Nicole O

Vencer, Lanz Vincent T

Yap, Theo Fideseus S

P 6,000.00/year (50 students)

Aclan, Adrian Joshua C

Aguilar, Kent Dominique B

Alinsog, Mikee V

Alonte, Rachel Angela G

Basamot, Mariann Joy H

Bernasol, Neri Dem D

Bignayan, Kristel Ann L

Biñas, Faye G

Cabanggay, Gaille A

Capanas, CZBJ D

Catedral, Roland Sangrador P

Cejalvo, Rose L

Celoso, Krizzel Gale B

Cercado, Rex Ann Joy C

Cordero, Clarence D

Daypuyart, Genel V

De la Cruz, Arjolyn M

De la Peña, Hyatt Kaye Y

Dy, Lyanna Andrea D

Falayas, Gerlei Kay L

Galea, Nelle Iryca T

Galvez, John Lemuel N

Hulleza, Marcella C

Jimeno, Christian Philip S

Lapizar, Jacqueline M

Leguira, Dezamin Lyca A

Lorilla, Yma Arianee B

Manero, Renel S

Mirador, Jerah Murielle B

Mission, Feliz Lyndelle J

Moneva, Cindy Marie C

Montuya, Eric Jan A

Morales, Lorriefel Joy C

Padernal, Ruezalin Anne C

Payo, Daniella Grace M

Pineda, Janaica Rose L

Pinuela, Jireh Daniel Tim L

Pinuela, Ronald Kim G

Polines, Tanya Angelie B

Porras, Karla R

Portillo, Pamela Grace D

Quimba, Danz Rasheed Reynald P

Quindipan, Ma. Aimee T

Sales, Mary Dominique M

Sampil, Ray Ann S

Sanz, Jesreal Mentzi E

Solinap, April G

Soquiña, Trizzia Mae L

Sucaldito, Jamille V

Torrico, Darryn Dawn A