Jurassic World: Dominion, Elvis, Lightyear, and 15 other must-see movies for June
Summer films head to infinity and beyond with a return to form by David Cronenberg, an adorable League Of Super-Pets, a creepy Ethan Hawke, and more
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From left: Crimes Of The Future (Courtesy Neon), Lightyear (Pixar), Fire Island (Courtesy Searchlight Pictures), Jurassic World: Dominion (Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment) Graphic: Libby McGuire
With Memorial Day upon us, summer movie season is in full swing. Of course, audiences have already been swinging back to theaters with Downton Abbey and Top Gun sequels, but even more blockbuster fare awaits in June. The dinosaurs finally have dominion in a new Jurassic World that stages a reunion with original franchise stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum; David Cronenberg and Baz Luhrmann cultists have Crimes Of The Future and Elvis, respectively; and a strong summer of animation continues with Lightyear and DC League Of Super-Pets. Here’s a closer look at all the June 2022 movies that are worth a trip to your local multiplex.
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No, Jurassic World Dominion is not, in any way must-see. I’ve never seen a franchise fall so far so fast, or go so far out of its way to insult its audience with how dumb it can be, and I’m a Hellraiser fan.
I’m excited for it, which is weird because I didn’t bother with Fallen Kingdom at all. Pretty sure it’s because they finally have a feathered dino.
Didn’t the raptors in JP3 have feathers?
Yes, and the LBGTQ community is upset because it wasn’t a big enough statement.
I’m right there with you. Jurassic World had plenty of surface-level adrenaline kickers, but the storytelling was so dull and the characters so uninteresting (not to mention the weirdly misogynistic killing of the assistant character) that I tapped out for the sequel (and by all accounts I did not miss much). Dominion’s apparent premise that dinosaurs are everywhere and we just can’t stop them (in a country with more firearms than people) is just too stupid for me to deal with.
Zara’s death struck me as so mean spirited. I remember Colin Trevorrow defending it as a moment meant to shock the audience because anyone can die, but then also justifying it because “she was a Bridezilla” (because she… didn’t want her boyfriend to have a bachelor party?). But then, I’ve also read comments about what a bitch she was because she was always on the phone, something personal assistants never do, apparently.
I cannot believe it’s taken us 3 of these fucking movies to get to what Jurassic World promised, which was dinosaurs running wild and fucking shit up.
I mean, we kind of already did, with the third act of Lost World. Dominion basically just seems like a feature version of that.
I knew it wasn’t going to be a must-see when I heard Colin Trevorrow would be in charge.
Hadn’t heard of Spiderhead, but it honestly looks really fun. Channing Tatum and Chris Hemsworth are in that rare school of “good-looking hunk who could just be a action/romcom star but instead takes comedy roles that they knock out of the park” I would say Chris Evans and Daniel Craig are partially in that school. Chris Pratt thinks he is, but is not.
Pretty sure Neon is hoping for the former with Baba. Otherwise they’d be pretty shitty businesspeople.