‘Movie Corner’ Archives
Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025)
from the series Movie Corner... 4/5 Stars Dinosaur Action/Adventure/Thriller Universal Pictures By HOWARD MCQUITTER II Howard McQuitter II Jurassic World: Rebirth is the seventh installment which is thrilling to say the least. While not being the best of the installments it is notably better than the previous two. I'll give Rebirth its props for the adventure and of course, the dinosaurs. To screenwriters Michael Crichton and David Koepp, I say kudos for the work you have put in the film. Michael Crichton wrote the original novel Jurassic Park (1990) and co-wrote the screenplay for the 1993 film. Very early in the film the exhibits of dinosaurs in the museum have fallen on hard times. The crowds that used to fill the halls are now at a trickle. Not only that, but the world governments have forbidden anyone from visiting the islands where the dinosaurs live. However, there's a handful of people who are out to defy such notions. There's Zora Bennett, an experienced [...]
Free Leonard Peltier
Featured Documentary at the 2025 Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Film Festival By OLIVER STRICHERZ Although there may be many, films aren’t the only thing getting people to come to MSPIFF. This year, the festival had many events, including everything from panels to karaoke parties. The opening night of the fest began with the documentary Free Leonard Peltier, which brilliantly told the story of the 49-year-long unjust imprisonment of Leonard Peltier, one of the most impactful Indigenous activists ever. The film, directed by Indigenous director Jesse Shortbull and reporter David France, used archival footage and interviews with other activists who were involved in the 1973 revolution in Wounded Knee. Near the end of his term, former President Biden commuted Peltier’s sentence to house arrest after the previous 49 years he spent in maximum-security prison for a crime he didn’t commit. The film had been completed by this point and had its premiere at the Sundance [...]
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
from the series Movie Corner... 4/5 Stars Action/Adventure/Spy/Drama By HOWARD MCQUITTER II Howard McQuitter II Like all the previous seven Mission Impossible films, The Final Reckoning is a high octane adventure that seems boundless. There's always a purpose for The Mission Impossible installments and The Final Reckoning is no exception. There's one man Ethan Hunt, a hero (like Superman, Batman or Spider-Man) and a spy who performs stunning stunts in the air between airplanes, on the ground or risking his life in a sunken Russian submarine on the verge of going over the edge. Hunt, along with his longtime covert fixers Luther Stickell, Benji Dunn, and a new member Grace, a former girlfriend, are out to save the world from a monstrous, self-serving Gabriel. Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), as The Entity, has seized all the nuclear power available. Paramount Pictures Nothing will stand in the way for Hunt, including the antagonists Briggs and Degas, two vexing [...]
