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It's a holiday weekend (and, not to mention, MY BIRTHDAY weekend), so it's a fun time. I am wearing nice shorts. Nice Film Critic Shorts that is. They fit. They are on, and I'm ready to review four new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, July 4, 2025. 1) JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH I've never been a fan of the Jurassic Park  franchise. Yeah, yeah, I know. Heresy. Sacrilege. I'm supposed to bow at the altar of Spielberg's  1993 dino spectacle. But here's

One of the absolute joys of watching certain genres—whether action, adventure, sci-fi, fantasy, or spy thrillers—is seeing our heroes get absolutely wrecked and yet somehow miraculously keep going. When a main character gets shot, stabbed, blown up, thrown off a building, crushed, run over, electrocuted, or beaten to within an inch of their life… and yet, they still  get back up and keep fighting. Well, except when the movie is terrible, as in the recent release of Novocaine