Jurassic World (2015) – Colin Trevorrow

After seeing how little Lost World and Jurassic Park III added to the legacy established by Jurassic Park, I was not particularly excited when Jurassic World was announced. Still, as release approached, my anticipation grew and as the generally positive reviews rolled in, I became hopeful that the movie might capture some of what made […]

Focus (2015) – Glenn Ficarra & John Requa

The last Will Smith movie I saw was the troublingly bad After Earth (I don’t really understand how M. Night continues to get opportunities to make movies at this point in his career). While Focus hadn’t been on my radar until a few days ago, I was excited at the chance to wipe away the […]