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Yahoo
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
I Heard Jurassic World Dominion Was Bad, But I Would Watch It Over Any Other Jurassic Sequel
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. SPOILER WARNING: The following article gives away, just about, the entire plot of Jurassic World Dominion. If you have not yet seen the 2022 Jurassic Park movie, act like Owen Grady holding up his hand to magically neutralize a dinosaur, and proceed with caution as you read on. With Jurassic World Rebirth hitting theaters soon, I figured it was about time that I do something I had been reluctant to do: catch up with the full franchise and watch Jurassic World Dominion. Considering the beastly reviews from critics and audiences, I was braving the worst, but, to my surprise, I thought it was far from it. To be clear, I would not call Colin Trevorrow's sequel a good movie. I think it suffers from a pitifully lazy script, sleepy acting, and throwing out the previous film's setup for a dinosaur-ridden dystopia in favor of, echoing Eric Eisenberg's Jurassic World Dominion review, two bland, disparate plotlines that have little to do with, ya know, dinosaurs. However, I do not at all regret watching it and would choose to watch it again over most sequels to Steven Spielberg's 1993 classic, which I realize may come as a shock to many Jurassic fans. Well, allow me to explain… In previous articles of mine, such as my reaction to the recent sci-fi thriller Companion, I have made it clear that I am a staunch technophobe who fears how dangerously technology's advancement could, or already has, affected our society. However, there is one fear of mine that I have been a bit less vocal about in my writing until now: bugs, especially ones of unusual size. So, you might be able to imagine how I felt when the genetically engineered locusts appeared on the screen. Now, I will agree with the widely shared opinion that a Jurassic Park movie focusing its plot on a non-reptilian prehistoric creature is a mistake, but said creatures did manage to get my adrenaline going faster than any of the dinosaurs that appear in Jurassic World Dominion. That being said… Whenever a dinosaur would appear on screen in Dominion, I found it nothing short of impressive. The special effects, boasting the classic blend of practical animatronics with some of the best CGI Hollywood has to offer, were so convincing, I am surprised there was not more praise about that aspect, at least. Aside from their visual effects, I felt that the action sequences involving dinosaurs are genuinely some of the best that the franchise has ever seen. I recall, in particular, being thoroughly riveted by a scene taking place in Malta, when Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) is chased on a motorcycle through the city by Atrociraptors. I had to stop and think to myself, Wow, I am actually having fun with this movie, and it did not stop there. Some have said the extended edition of Jurassic World Dominion is better than the theatrical version, but you can get both on a Blu-ray and 4K UHD set from Amazon for nearly half off the regular price!View Deal The one reason I had to be somewhat optimistic about finally watching Dominion was the one aspect that I had heard positive rumblings about: DeWanda Wise as Kayla Watts. I could not agree more with my colleague Sarah El-Mahmoud that the daredevil pilot is the best character from the Jurassic World trilogy for her bravery and quick wit, and for just being a badass. If there are any downsides to Kayla, I would say that she makes most of the other newer characters (including Mamoudou Athie's Ramsay Cole and even Pratt's Grady) look weaker than I already believed they were, and that she should have been introduced to the franchise earlier. With all due respect to Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali, a part of me wishes that she were the focus of the upcoming 2025 movie, Jurassic World Rebirth, instead. Despite my harsh words about the newer Jurassic characters, I have to admit that I really enjoyed seeing them finally interact with Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill), Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), and Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum). In fact, I don't think I was ever amused by the OG heroes' return until that moment, as the parameters of their reunion and the moments the trio shared never felt particularly natural. And don't get me started about the random callbacks to the first film, like Lewis Dodgson (Campbell Scott) somehow possessing the fake Barbasol canister and displaying it in his office. What?! Anyway, I can't say that 'natural' is a word I would use to describe Grant, Sattler, and Malcolm's meeting with Grady, Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard), and others in the final act either. The events that lead them to each other are far too convenient (like many other aspects of the plot), and much of their dialogue feels egregiously forced. Yet, there was something about seeing them all gathered together and relying on one another to survive against the prehistoric wildlife that left me wishing the movie had dedicated more time to bringing them together. Of course, any Jurassic Park fan knows that the real draw of this franchise is not the meat, but the meat-eaters, and the one who rules them all is the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Any return by that big behemoth in these movies, no matter how convoluted the reasoning may be, is warmly welcomed by me, and its appearance in Dominion was no exception, especially since it was not alone. I actually really dug how the T-Rex was treated as a hero, Godzilla style, in the film's final act, when it teams up with a Therizinosaurus to bring down the Giganotosaurus. Watching the T-Rex throw the Giganotosaurus onto the Therizinosaurus' claws, fatally impaling it, made for a more satisfying final battle than the Indominus Rex showdown in 2015's Jurassic World, if you ask me. I don't see a future in which I ever boot up my Peacock subscription to watch Jurassic World Dominion again, unless I get curious and decide to check out the extended edition, which I hear is an improvement. Yet, I can't say I feel that I wasted my morning watching it the other day, which is something I can't say about most of the follow-ups to the original '90s movie classic, and that calls for a modest roar of applause in my book.
Geek Girl Authority
20 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Girl Authority
Movie Review: M3GAN 2.0
Dolls are creepy. We all know this. It's deeply ingrained in our most misunderstood psychology. You know, Freud, 'uncanny valley,' those old chestnuts. Every generation has its traumatic doll. Mine was Chucky. I saw that trailer far, far, far too young. However, M3GAN burst on the scene in 2022 and became all the rage. Everyone wanted that cosplay. Well, M3GAN 2.0 hits theaters this week, and we must ask, is M3GAN the heir to Chucky's quirky crown? Or is this Betsy getting a little wetsy? M3GAN 2.0 M3GAN 2.0 jumps back into the story a few years after the first film. Gemma (Allison Williams) and Cady (Violet McGraw) are settling back into the swing of things. They're finally comfy. It doesn't take long, though, before Gemma is pulled back into her old life when 'Amelia'– an AI entity that closely resembles Gemma's work– sets off on her own mission of terror. Can the humans save the day? Or will M3GAN need to do the heavy lifting? Jen Van Epps, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Aristotle Athari, Ivanna Sakhno and Jemaine Clement costar in the film. Gerard Johnstone directs M3GAN 2.0 from his own script. Full disclosure, I had a decidedly … let's call it a complex relationship with the first M3GAN . This is a franchise that knows exactly what it is, for better or for worse. RELATED: Movie Review: From the World of John Wick: Ballerina The first film can perhaps best be called a horror movie. Well, it wants to be a horror movie. M3GAN is PG-13 horror. This is the Diet Coke of horror. You know, 'Great taste, less filling.' Stepping Away From Horror M3GAN 2.0 makes an interesting decision to step far away from its horror roots. Honestly, this is a smart call. This film is PG-13, too, and it's easy to see where they're cutting for content. Instead of delving into its horror roots, M3GAN 2.0 feels much more like a comedy with some breezy sci-fi elements. There's some light discussion of AI as well as the future of technology, but truthfully, any deep narrative inroads are immediately dulled by the surprising amount of slapstick. RELATED: Movie Review: The Phoenician Scheme In all honesty, I can't recommend M3GAN 2.0 if you're looking for a horror film. This isn't one. Rather, I had a lot more fun watching this as a 'bad' movie. Remember, yours truly is the resident 'drive-in,' 'schlocky' fangirl. I am someone who adores unintentional hilarity with every fiber of my being. Is It All Intentional? It was hard to truly put a finger on what M3GAN 2.0 wants to do. There are moments of wackiness that gave me so much joy, I had to sit back and wonder if it was intentional. There's dialogue that sits strangely on the ear, plenty of winks to the camera and a heavy reliance on slapstick comedy. There were some big 'belly laughs' throughout the theater. Overall, I do think the hilarity is intentional. This is a movie that is smart enough to understand what it is. It's a PG-13 comedy. Do with that what you will. RELATED: Movie Review: Materialists As it relates to the performances, Jemaine Clement steals every scene he's in. His over-the-top performance is a riot, and he's one of the few performers who seems to understand what movie he's actually in. It's just a shame that he's not in it more. His part is deceptively small. Enough said. You know, spoilers. Doesn't Go Far Enough In the grand scheme of things, M3GAN 2.0 , for me at least, is guilty of the same crime as the first film. It doesn't go far enough. This isn't to say that I didn't enjoy the movie. I had a heck of a lot of fun. That said, it's a superficial, easy fun. I never found myself really shocked, and I do wish they would finally just take off M3GAN 's training wheels. While this sequel is an entertaining sit, I can't say it's one you'll remember in two weeks. M3GAN 2.0 opens in theaters around the country on June 27, 2025. 28 YEARS LATER Spoiler Review
Medscape
a day ago
- Health
- Medscape
Rapid Sequence Intubation Boosts First-Pass Success
TOPLINE: In a US study of patients without cardiac arrest who required prehospital intubation, rapid sequence intubation (RSI), involving the use of a sedative and paralytic, was associated with increased odds of first-pass success compared with intubation without medication. METHODOLOGY: Researchers performed a retrospective observational analysis using the 2022 Emergency Services Organization Data Collaborative dataset containing records from emergency medical services (EMS) agencies in the US. The analysis included 12,713 patients (median age, 60 years; 58.4% men; 24.2% traumatic cases) who underwent at least one intubation attempt during a 911 response. Patients in cardiac arrest were excluded. The researchers categorized drug-assisted airway management approaches on the basis of medications administered before the initial endotracheal intubation attempt: RSI (including both a sedative and a paralytic; 51.2%), sedative-only intubation (17.9%), paralytic-only intubation (1.3%), and no-medication intubation (29.6%). The primary outcome was first-pass intubation success. TAKEAWAY: The overall first-pass success rate was 75.1%. The adjusted odds of achieving first-pass success were higher with RSI (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 2.23; 95% CI, 2.00-2.50) and paralytic-only intubation (aOR, 2.11; 95% CI, 1.38-3.24) than with no-medication intubation. RSI showed increased odds of first-pass success compared with sedation-only intubation (aOR, 2.14; 95% CI, 1.88-2.43). Sedation-only intubation showed success rates similar to those of no-medication intubation. IN PRACTICE: "In this analysis of a large national EMS dataset of noncardiac arrest patients undergoing endotracheal intubation, rapid sequence intubation was associated with twofold higher odds of first-pass success compared with sedation-only or no-medication approaches," the authors wrote. SOURCE: The study was led by Jeffrey L. Jarvis, MD, MS, EMT-P, Burnett College of Medicine, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas. It was published online on June 04, 2025, in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. LIMITATIONS: The study focused solely on the association between drug combination and first-pass success, without evaluating causation, procedure indication appropriateness, adverse events, or clinical outcomes. EMS treatment protocols were not uniform across agencies, and the dataset lacked information on clinician experience with intubation. Variability in EMS protocols and clinician experience, potential data entry or documentation errors (including reliance on self-reported data), and a small sample size for paralytic-only intubations were additional limitations. DISCLOSURES: Funding information was not provided for the study. One author reported serving as an unpaid board member for the National Emergency Medical Service Quality Alliance, the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, and the Prehospital Guidelines Consortium, unrelated to this study. He also reported receiving unrestricted honoraria for speaking on various topics at EMS-related conferences. This article was created using several editorial tools, including AI, as part of the process. Human editors reviewed this content before publication.
New York Times
a day ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Barbara Walters Film Emphasizes the Highlights in a Mixed Legacy
Given the subtitle — and, to be honest, the subject — of Jackie Jesko's documentary 'Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything' (streaming on Hulu), I expected a bit more soul-baring. That's what Walters, the pioneering journalist who dominated the TV interview for decades, was known for. As Oprah Winfrey notes in the film, Walters's specialty was getting subjects from Fidel Castro and Anwar Sadat to Monica Lewinsky and Winfrey herself to say something they'd never said to anyone. There's nothing that really qualifies as a bombshell or revelation in this film, though. Like most documentaries about celebrities these days — and Walters, who died in 2022, was undoubtedly a celebrity — it features some frank comments from various interviewees, but carefully positions Walters in her best light: not a flawless woman, but one whose foibles don't detract from her overall legacy. That means the film comments upon but doesn't dwell on some of Walters's more controversial moments: grilling women like Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga on their romantic lives, or cozying up to men like the notorious Roy Cohn. The lives of women in the spotlight are often scrutinized far more intently than those of their male colleagues, but here it's not without reason: journalists who aspire to do their work in a fair, independent way have to accept that close personal relationships with subjects are off-limits in their private lives, and some questions probably cross ethical lines. But the film tries to frame most of these moments as responses to her upbringing, without spending much time on how they play into a broader American attitude of mistrust toward journalists. By those standards, 'Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything' is disappointing, and more of a puff piece than I suspect Walters herself would have wanted. Yet seen through a different lens, it's also fascinating — a rather thrilling history of television journalism, as seen through Walters's life. That's because she was absolutely a trailblazer for women in news, subjecting herself to plenty of ridicule as she took on one barrier after another: co-hosting a morning show, then anchoring evening news, landing consequential interviews, breaking ground with newsmagazines and innovative talk formats like '20/20' and 'The View,' and ultimately creating a brand out of herself that signaled something to the public. There was a time when 'the Barbara Walters interview' with a celebrity was an Event, something to stay up late and watch. Throughout the film, a host of voices — including Walters's own, via archival interviews — tell this story. Winfrey and the seasoned news anchor Katie Couric, in particular, are valuable in filling in the historical background, showing how television journalism progressed from an era in which 'hard news' was the realm of serious men in suits, all the way to the years when Walters sat around on a couch with her fellow hosts on 'The View,' mixing news and interviews with live-wire conversations. Alongside Walters, they tell the tale of a shift in the shape of TV news. A medium built for entertainment has slowly changed how journalism is delivered and what you expect, and you can see it happening right before your eyes. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Wordle hints today for #1,469: Clues and answer for Friday, June 27
Hey, there! The weekend is right around the corner and we hope you have some fun plans in store. In the meantime, perhaps you're looking to extend your Wordle streak. We're here to help with that. Here's our daily Wordle guide with some hints and the answer for Friday's puzzle (#1,469). It may be that you're a Wordle newcomer and you're not completely sure how to play the game. We're here to help with that too. Wordle is a deceptively simple daily word game that first emerged in 2021. The gist is that there is one five-letter word to deduce every day by process of elimination. The daily word is the same for everyone. Wordle blew up in popularity in late 2021 after creator Josh Wardle made it easy for players to share an emoji-based grid with their friends and followers that detailed how they fared each day. The game's success spurred dozens of clones across a swathe of categories and formats. The New York Times purchased Wordle in early 2022 for an undisclosed sum. The publication said that players collectively played Wordle 5.3 billion times in 2024. So, it's little surprise that Wordle is one of the best online games and puzzles you can play daily. To start playing Wordle, you simply need to enter one five-letter word. The game will tell you how close you are to that day's secret word by highlighting letters that are in the correct position in green. Letters that appear in the word but aren't in the right spot will be highlighted in yellow. If you guess any letters that are not in the secret word, the game will gray those out on the virtual keyboard. However, you can still use those letters in subsequent guesses. You'll only have six guesses to find each day's word, though you still can use grayed-out letters to help narrow things down. It's also worth remembering that letters can appear in the secret word more than once. Wordle is free to play on the NYT's website and apps, as well as on Meta Quest headsets and Discord. The game refreshes at midnight local time. If you log into a New York Times account, you can track your stats, including the all-important win streak. If you have a NYT subscription that includes full access to the publication's games, you don't have to stop after a single round of Wordle. You'll have access to an archive of more than 1,400 previous Wordle games. So if you're a relative newcomer, you'll be able to go back and catch up on previous editions. In addition, paid NYT Games members have access to a tool called the Wordle Bot. This can tell you how well you performed at each day's game. Before today's Wordle hints, here are the answers to recent puzzles that you may have missed: Yesterday's Wordle answer for Thursday, June 26 — OFFER Wednesday, June 25 — COMFY Tuesday, June 24 — ELITE Monday, June 23 — ODDLY Sunday, June 22 — THRUM Every day, we'll try to make Wordle a little easier for you. First, we'll offer a hint that describes the meaning of the word or how it might be used in a phrase or sentence. We'll also tell you if there are any double (or even triple) letters in the word. In case you still haven't quite figured it out by that point, we'll then provide the first letter of the word. Those who are still stumped after that can continue on to find out the answer for today's Wordle. This should go without saying, but make sure to scroll slowly. Spoilers are ahead. Here is a hint for today's Wordle answer: An open area of land with few trees, or something that lacks decoration or extras. There are no repeated letters in today's Wordle answer. The first letter of today's Wordle answer is P. This is your final warning before we reveal today's Wordle answer. No take-backs. Don't blame us if you happen to scroll too far and accidentally spoil the game for yourself. What is today's Wordle? Today's Wordle answer is... PLAIN Not to worry if you didn't figure out today's Wordle word. If you made it this far down the page, hopefully you at least kept your streak going. And, hey: there's always another game tomorrow.
