The strongest redeeming quality of Jurassic World Rebirth is the hiring of director Gareth Edwards. While being a proven wizard for action and injecting all kinds of geothermal mist in this movie to mask the stalking threats, he has also become an expert at bringing forward human characters and extracting palpable emotions within spectacles of blockbuster and otherworldly proportions. T
Read MoreMuch like the God-playing antagonist characters of the movie, no one has learned anything since 1993, both in the movies and in the Universal Pictures writing room. Scientists are still screwing with forces they cannot control, and the big corporation everyone thinks is well-meaning shows their true, greedy colors to earn a violent comeuppance in the denouement. No smart screenwriter has broken that narrative loop to do something daring or different.
Read MoreWith Black Panther showing no signs of slowing down, what films coming in 2018 can make similar dents in our wallets? What blockbusters could put up big time numbers? Can anything catch Black Panther? I know the oddsmakers and informative websites like Sports Betting Dime can be a great resource for answering those questions and examining the field. In a quick list and editorial, let’s handicap and predict 10 contenders that could rule the 2018 box office.
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