Daniel Yocum

I remember coming across news about Jurassic World: Rebirth from news articles, trailers, and some promotional images floating around online and this was something that the franchise needed after Jurassic World: Dominion from 2022. Plot/Story: The story that involves skilled mercenaries going to a restricted island that was used for the "original park" (possibly Jurassic Park or Jurassic World) to get DNA samples from the three biggest dinosaurs is almost like the plot of The Lost World: Jurassic Park from 1997, but puts a modern spin on that movie 28 years later. David Koepp who wrote the first two Jurassic Park movies returns to write the screenplay and to be honest, he did deliver good characters, suspenseful scenes, action scenes, some humor that was shown in the first two movies, and the dinosaur scenes get better in this movie. The scenes that really had me on the edge of my seat when I was in the theater was the Quetzalcoatlus scene and the guy on the rope named LeClarie was trying to climb away, and the next scene shows him inside the beak of the best getting eaten alive and then swallowed probably getting digested by the stomach acids inside the belly. The second one was the ending where Duncan was luring away the D-Rex from the remaining survivors and you think he might be killed, but then when the flare is shown in the sky and Duncan is alive, made me feel so good. The D-Rex: The D-Rex as the main dinosaur in the movie, he doesn't do anything other than eat one scientist in the opening and then just hunted the others like in a way there was going to be no escape from the Island. The design is cool, taking heavy inspiration from the Rancor from Star Wars and thr Xenomorphs from the Alien franchise and the whole thing being a hybrid of other creatures being shut away from the public. The Characters: Jurassic Park movies tend to be known for their dinosaurs and action scenes, but the characters are the second thing among the dinosaurs. David Koepp manages to make the characters relatable and loveable with backstories and moments that don't make you hate them immediately. But Martin Kress who runs away and escapes did give me some vibes from Lewis Dodgson from the novels where greed overtakes him and he gets killed in a brutal way by the creatures that God created many years ago. The fact he gets cornered by the D-Rex, gets bitten, and then have his severed arm fall down reminds me of when George Baselton from The Lost World 1995 novel gets his arm ripped off is pretty dark for a PG-13 movie. The one thing that I slowly got used to was the other family involved after their boat sinks and they are roped in this mission with the mercenaries was something I was not a fan of, but I changed my mind since they do a good job of being a family brought to an island and have to survive on conditions they no nothing about. And since we are getting a sequel, I am really hoping that the this movie will get a R rating and see what other scenes from the novels they can adapt. Final Score: 19.5/20

When you think of Public Domain horror movies you think of Mickey Mouse (Steamboat Willie), The Grinch in The Mean One, and plenty of others, but this movie is one I definitely recommend for anyone wanting to see a good movie. Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 released in 2024 by Jagged Edge Productions. Directed by Rhys Franke Waterfield, written by Matt Leslie (Summer of '84) and of course produced by and starring Scott Chambers in the lead role is really amazing. The sequel to a film that many people deemed it as the worst movie ever really stepped things up. The plot is really good with having the first Winnie the Pooh Blood and Honey movie be an "in universe" movie based on what Christopher Robin said about the Abominations. I remember watching this movie on YouTube during a drive I did with my family heading to Colorado (right before the movie was taken down) and I loved it. Even though I have seen the first movie a couple of times, this movie was able to clear things up by the end, with Winnie revealing to be Billy Robin, Christopher Robins twin brother who was kidnapped. The characters are well written, the dialouge is well done, the cinematography is amazing, and for a low budget movie, this sequel definitely made fans happy, with all of the references to future movies in the TCU (Twisted Childhood Universe) like Bambi, Peter Pan, and the big crossover coming out soon is very done. Now the Crossbreeds, the designs for all of them are neat. The makeup designs for all of them are amazing, instead of them wearing the cheap rubber masks from the first movie. With Owl, Tigger, Piglet, and Winnie getting redesigns looking more human-hybrids than they are supposed to be from what our imaginations have thought about them are great. The deaths are really great, each one getting more amazing each time you see them are amazing. The final scene for the movie where Winnie says "Oh bother" before getting his head axed in and falling into the same grave he came out of, great touch. Owl has some lines where he says "We'll all be back, for you Christopher Robin" is a good line to finish up a amazing film, and I kind of wish that Piglet would have had more screen time, but there maybe a chance we would see him again in another installment. Plus the musical score by Andrew Scott Bell is incredible and he really loves his job as a composer. In the end, I would rank this movie a 20/20

If you want a Stephen King movie that is both a oddball movie and as Stephen King puts it "a moron movie" then Maximum Overdrive is the right movie to see. I first came across this movie from a video posted by Doug Walker from the YouTube Channel named Channel awesome, and he did a review of that movie, and it was a good movie that I wanted to watch the movie for myself, after looking it up on Prime video and watching it, it was a real roller coaster of a movie. The wacky humor and the way how it was done is good. Even when Stephen King does his cameo in the beginning and the ATM machine says "You are a a**hole" got a good laugh from me. The movies plot could be fixed in a few places like maybe showing the comet infect the machines and trucks, but thr whole reveal of aliens being involved is a bit weird since I have not read the short story "Trucks" that the movie is based on. In the end, this will be a good movie for people who want to watch a good cheesy movie with no jumpscares or horror, this would be perfect. If this movie wants a remake, I would love to write the movie with Stephen King, have him and me produce the movie, and maybe direct the movie. Final score: 19.5/20

When you look at this movie either from online or when this movie came out in 1996, this is a brilliant piece of a Vampire action movie. Quentin Tarantino who written the screenplay for the movie, and starred in the movie as Richie Gecko along side George Clooney who played Seth Gecko really make the movie more enjoyable. The rest of the crew including Robert Rodriguez, who would go on to do Spy Kids and many other movies and TV shows is a good choice to direct the movie. The movie does very well building multiple surprises where the employees inside the bar start transforming into vampires and start causing mayhem inside. The movie also includes Tom Savini, Greg Nicitero, Fred Williamson, Harvey Keitel, and many other actors who would become remembered from this movie and other sorts of media. There are many characters in this movie that are written perfectly well that make them memorable with memorable lines that their characters have said that have been quoted so many times for nearly 30 years. I found this movie online and I watched it on MAX and it was a good movie with the special effects (practical and visual effects) look good for the year and the budget. In the end, I give this movie a 20/20. For anyone looking for a good movie to have a good time watching, this is the movie to go for.

I have seen this movie so many times and I feel like this was the other good Marvel movie before we got Deadpool and Wolverine five years later in 2024. This final movie in the Avengers series finishes up everything with the last few Avengers going back in time to different time periods of the last movies from The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron (Both Written and Directed by Joss Whedon) and the beginning of Guardians of the Galaxy (Written by Nicole Perlman and James Gunn, then directed by James Gunn) The movies plot of going back in time to get the infinity stones while trying to not break the rules of Time Travel by Smart Hulk after Rhodey and Scott Lang were naming off movies that established Time Travel. The characters are well written, with lots of heartfelt moments that really captures the audience when watching the movie with Thor feeling responsible for not preventing Thanos from wiping out 50% of all human life. If there was one thing that I have to pick at this for a bit is that 2014 Thanos seeing recordings of Nebula from 2023 (actual canonically the year of when Avengers Endgame takes place, until someone else knows a different year) seeing his future and what the Avengers are going to do was a bit clunky the first time I saw it, but after watching it a few more times, I have got used to it. But this movie has the one scene that many people can all agree on is the final battle. Seeing Doctor Stranges orange portals open up, so many heroes who were dusted coming back, Captain America holding Thor's hammer and Captain America saying "Avengers Assemble" and both teams charging at each other sends chills down my spine and makes me cheer every single time when I see this movie even after five years when it came out in 2019. The ending was good as well, Tony Stark sacrificing himself to save the universe, the funeral service was nice with Tony Stark leaving a holographic message for his daughter Morgan was very sweet. This would be a movie that any Marvel fan would watch and take a look at. Final review: 20/20

Jason goes to hell is an interesting entry in the Friday the 13th series. But there tend to be some debate about the movie when you talk about the structure and the story. But for many people who probably hated/loved this movie when it first came out, I do enjoy watching this movie. The story of the movie is different from the past films that we have been getting with "Killing Attractive Teens around Crystal Lake" kind of story, and while Jason Takes Manhattan was different enough to take Jason out of Crystal Lake, it was still the same thing. The first few minutes of the movie really works, you see this woman doing her normal stuff around the cabin, right before you have Jason Voorhess surprise attacking her and her being chased through the woods until we see every FBI Agent shooting their weapons at Jason until he is blown up by a bunch of grenades. But the rest of the movie is mostly kind of weird when you begin to know that Jason needs a body to possess and to continue his killing spree, until it gets to the final act where Jason is rebirthed and he continues to fight Steven and Jessica until she stabs Jason in the heart and is dragged to Hell in the end. But the movie is good for being another low budget movie. In the end, I would rate this movie 10/10

10/10. This movie is incredible, I remember seeing this movie and being blown away with the story, the effects, and the ending with Chief Brody killing the shark with a gun and a oxygen tank, and the explosion... incredible! The characters are very well written and the scenes of action, comedy, and suspense are well constructed and the direction by Steven Speliberg is very done. In the end, I give this movie a 10/10.

When looking at this low budget horror movie about Winnie the Pooh, you think that this will get people in seats, well... while many people hated this movie with it getting a 3% on Rotten Tomatoes. I actually enjoyed it. The plot of this movie is pretty simple, seems kind of like Friday the 13th, and other horror movies that came before, it seems very enjoyable. If I can pick at this film, the main characters are kind of the downfall of the film with them being dumb, not smart enough, and... whatever you can think about. The make up design of the two main villains are pretty simple with them only wearing rubber masks, probably because of this movies budget of $100,000 dollars. While other people will hate this movie mostly because of the awful lighting, pointless scenes, and a screenplay so bad that it will put Son of the Mask to shame, I think this is a good horror adaptation. Thank you Rhys. Final rating: 5/5

I have seen this movie many times since I was 11 years old, and this is my favorite movie of the Jurassic Park movies. Out of the six movies this is my ranking of all of the movies: 1. The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2. Jurassic Park 3. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 4. Jurassic World 5. Jurassic Park 3 6. Jurassic World: Dominion The characters are very well written, Jeff Goldblum is amazing as always, and the humor is well executed, my favorite line in the beginning when they are looking for Sarah Harding and once they found her lucky pack and both Ian and Nick are yelling, Ian just goes " How many Sarah's, do you you think are on this island?". While many critics and audiences did not like this movie when it came out, years later, many people see this movie as their favorite movie the Jurassic Park series. Some of the plot holes in the movie like the T-rex killing the SS Venture crew seems dumb, but some light has been shed nearly 30 years later, and I still wish they could have kept some scenes in the movie so audiences won't be going "How did that--, When did that happen--" kind of thing. Some of the other characters on the IN-GEN side of the team have good lines, but my favorite one from that side is Roland Tempo played by Pete Postlethwatie, he left the movie with the greatest line in the movie "No thank you, I believe I spent enough time in the company of death." In the end, this movie is good, and well done. Final rating 10/10

I was never a big fan of horror movies with clowns as the main villian, bit after going into this film blind with the idea being another killer clown movie, this was not that. The film is a work of art with the screenwriters and the actors putting a ton of work and love. The concept is great with the main character facing some Clown PTSD and the other characters having their own personalities and there are some good solid horror bits thrown in. In the end, I would give this movie a 9.9/10.