Jurassic Park: Rebirth

Zora Bennett leads a team of skilled operatives to the most dangerous place on Earth, an island research facility for the original Jurassic Park. Their mission is to secure genetic material from dinosaurs whose DNA can provide life-saving benefits to mankind. As the top-secret expedition becomes more and more risky, they soon make a sinister, shocking discovery that's been hidden from the world for decades.

This movie was great for what it was.   They didn't try to do a whole reboot thing.   They didn't focus on redoing stuff.   They just came up with a good enough reason to put the characters on that island and they focused on the scary aspect of the dinosaurs and what not.   They also tried to do lots of things with dinosaurs that had not been done before.   I was massively done with this franchise after that last entry that was so beyond terrible.   This was a great way to regenerate interest after that.

I would recommend people checking this out.   It's a good going to the movies kind of popcorn summer film.

Elio

Elio, an underdog with an active imagination, finds himself inadvertently beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization with representatives from galaxies far and wide. Mistakenly identified as Earth's ambassador to the rest of the universe, he starts to form new bonds with eccentric aliens while discovering who he's truly meant to be.

This was a textbook Pixar movie.  Great for kids and adults.  Great messaging for children.   Cute characters and a great flow of the story telling.  One of the rare movies nowadays that wasn't too long and didn't drag.   The only knock I can honestly make against this is that it won't stay with you like most of Pixar's classics.  It's really good but could end up being considered forgettable compared to the rest of their library.

I would definitely recommend people checking this out.  it's a nice and fun/simple watch for families, adults and kids alike.

Ballerina

Ballerina is an upcoming American action thriller film that is the fifth film in the John Wick franchise, serving as a spin-off set between the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and John Wick: Chapter 4.

I couldn't quite put my finger on it but like I found this movie kind of boring.  The action was great like in all John Wick universe stuff.  But like it just felt like there was no hook.   And that sounds absurd to say because the "hook" of John Wick was that they killed his dog.  Not a whole lot of substance there.  After talking it over with the bestie it was decided that maybe it was just the actress not having the same allure as Keanu Reeves?   Definitely could be possible but there just felt like something was missing.

It's still worth it for the action and stuff but it just really didn't have the same hook that the John Wick movies did.