Posts Tagged ‘Patrick Crowley’

CTV NEWS AT SIX: NEW MOVIES AND TV SHOWS TO CHECK OUT THIS WEEKEND!

Richard appears on “CTV News at 6” with anchor Andria Case to talk about the best movies and television to watch this weekend. This week he has a look at the brontoborus “Jurassic World Dominion,” Adam Sandler in dramatic mode in “Hustle” (Netflix) and, just in time for Pride Month, “Fire Island” (Disney+).

Watch the whole thing HERE! (Starts at 36:32)

RICHARD’S WEEKEND MOVIE REVIEWS FROM CP24! FRIDAY JUNE 10 2022.

Richard joins CP24 to have a look at new movies coming to VOD, streaming services and theatres.  Today we talk about the brontoborus “Jurassic World Dominion,” Adam Sandler in dramatic mode in “Hustle” (Netflix) and, just in time for Pride Month, “Fire Island” (Disney+).

Watch the whole thing HERE!

RICHARD’S CTV NEWSCHANNEL REVIEWS FOR JUNE 1O WITH LOIS LEE.

Richard joins CTV NewsChannel anchor Marcia MacMillan to talk about the tyrannosaurus wreck of “Jurassic World Dominion” and Adam Sandler in dramatic mode in “Hustle” (Netflix).

Watch the whole thing HERE!

NIAGARA IN THE MORNING: TIM DENIS MORNING SHOW MOVIE REVIEWS!

Richard sits in on the CKTB Niagara in the Morning morning show with host Tim Denis to talk the new movies coming to theatres including the tyrannosaurus wreck of “Jurassic World Dominion,” Adam Sandler in dramatic mode in “Hustle” (Netflix) and, just in time for Pride Month, “Fire Island” (Disney+).

Listen to the whole thing HERE!

CFRA IN OTTAWA: THE BILL CARROLL MORNING SHOW MOVIE REVIEWS!

Richard sits in on the CFRA Ottawa morning show with host Bill Carroll to talk the new movies coming to theatres including the tyrannosaurus wreck of “Jurassic World Dominion,” Adam Sandler in dramatic mode in “Hustle” (Netflix) and, just in time for Pride Month, “Fire Island” (Disney+).

Listen to the whole thing HERE!

THE SHOWGRAM WITH DAVID COOPER: DOES RICHARD CROUSE LIKE THESE MOVIES?

Richard joins NewsTalk 1010 host David Cooper on the coast-to-coast-to-coast late night “Showgram” to play the game “Did Richard Crouse Like This?” This week we talk about the dinobore “Jurassic World Dominion,” the Adam Sandler basketball dramedy “Hustle” and the Jane Austen riff “Fire Island.”

Listen to the whole thing HERE!

YOU TUBE: THREE MOVIES/THIRTY SECONDS! FAST REVIEWS FOR BUSY PEOPLE!

Watch Richard review three movies in less time than it takes to stare down a Velociraptor! Have a look as he races against the clock to tell you about the dinobore “Jurassic World Dominion,” the Adam Sandler basketball dramedy “Hustle” and the Jane Austen riff “Fire Island.”

Watch the whole thing HERE!

JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION: 2 ½ STARS. “a talky dino-bore with no suspense.”

“Bigger,” says Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) in the trailer for “Jurassic World Dominion.” “Why do they always have to be bigger?”

It’s a legit question. The good doctor is, of course, referring to the dinosaurs that, once again, are causing problems in our modern world.

But the question might also apply to the movie itself.

The follow-up to “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” and the sixth and final film in the franchise, is bigger and louder than the movies that came before it, but as a viewer you may ask yourself, “Why?”

Set four years after Jurassic Park was destroyed by an erupting volcano, “Jurassic World Dominion” begins with dinosaurs let loose worldwide, living among humans.

Dino whisperer Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and girlfriend, founder of the Dinosaur Protection Group Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard), are in hiding, protecting Maisie Lockwood (Isabella Sermon). As a teenage clone of Jurassic Park co-founder Benjamin Lockwood’s daughter, her DNA is of great interest to Lewis Dodgson (Campbell Scott), the villainous CEO of Biosyn. When she is kidnapped, Owen and Claire give chase.

At the same time, locusts with prehistoric DNA devastate the globe’s grain supply, prompting paleobotanists Ellie Sadler (Laura Dern) and Alan Grant (Sam Neill) to launch an investigation. Their search for answers leads them to Biosyn and a familiar face, chaos theory mathematician Ian Malcolm (Goldblum).

The dinosaurs and the story may be bigger than the last time round, but remember, bigger is not always better. The original “Jurassic” franchise worked because if a streamlined simplicity to the storytelling mixed with masterful execution. Oh, and lots of dinosaurs.

“Jurassic World Dominion” has lots of dinosaurs and some fan service but misses the mark otherwise. It is a talky dino-bore with none of the suspense that made “Jurassic Park” edge of your seat stuff. The action scenes are murky and few-and-far-between, there’s lots of dodgy CGI and unlike the reconstituted dinosaurs, it feels lifeless. Luckily Goldblum reappears after a quick cameo off the top to shake things up with his trademarked droll wit in the third act.

Near the beginning of the film Dern’s character Ellie sees a small dinosaur and coos, “this never gets old.” She clearly hasn’t seen “Jurassic World Dominion.”