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‘The End of Oak Street’: A Great 80s Sci-Fi Thriller

Good afternoon, Review-Verse readers! Today on The Cinematic Review-Verse , I’m going to be discussing The End of Oak Street . It’s a science fiction and survival film starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor . Hathaway and McGregor are Denise and Greg Platt , a matriarch and patriarch of a family of two kids trying to deal with Denise’s aspiring novelist work and Greg working a pizza delivery job after being laid off from prior work, all in 1982 in the town of Flowervale, Michigan . The film started off with 1980s nostalgia of cul-de-aac barbecues and cassette players and Pat Benatar in the background, then comes the twist. A wormhole brought Jurassic Park to the world early with a bunch of hungry, rampaging dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and spiked tortoises, and assorted geysers and fauna. Now the Platt’s and their neighbors must fight to survive and find a wormhole to transport them to safety. I liked the film. Aside from throwbacks to 80s technology and lovely suburbia, I enjoyed Hathaw...

Christopher Robin: A, Colorful, Imaginative, Wondrous Tale

Photo Courtesy of imdb.com Disney's Christopher Robin is a heartwarming film that brings out the best of A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepherd's beloved children's book series. While blending live-action with CGI, both sides contributed to making a color, imaginative, wondrous tale for friends and family to view with pleasure. After being forced to mature rapidly and leave his imagination behind, a grown-up Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor) is neglectful to his family (Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael) and social life, in favor of his work. But, one day, a chance encounter with his old friends, chief among them being the honey-loving Winnie the Pooh (voiced by Jim Cummings) allows Christopher Robin to escape the troubles of reality and go back to his happier place. With the festivity of the creatures in the Hundred Acre Wood (voices of Cummings, Brad Garrett, Toby Jones, Peter Capaldi, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Mohammed, and Sara Sheen) there to guide him, Christopher Robin will...