Cinema News: Movies Update: ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ and More

June 10, 2022

By Mekado Murphy

Movies Editor

Hey movie fans!

Hear that rumbling? It's the sound of prehistoric creatures ready to stampede the box office.

"Jurassic World Dominion," the sixth film in the 29-year-old franchise has landed in theaters. In his review, A.O. Scott wrote that the dinos are "variously menacing, ravenous, bizarre and kind of cute, but the frenzied live-action and digital special effects rarely produce moments of Spielbergian awe."

The film brings back a few characters from the first "Jurassic Park." Read an interview with those actors here.

Also making a return this week is the Tribeca Festival in New York, with a number of high-profile and indie discovery options in this years's slate. The critic Natalia Winkelman picked out some of the gems.

If you like sports and want to avoid the theater crowds this weekend, Netflix has a new Adam Sandler basketball film. And this one's a Critic's Pick.

"Hustle" stars Sandler as a scout who sees N.B.A.-level talent in a construction worker (Juancho Hernangómez) in Mallorca. The critic Amy Nicholson called it "a terrific crowd-pleaser."

In other movie news, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is planning a John Waters exhibition. We traveled with museum curators to the filmmaker's home in Baltimore to look through a trove of potential items for the show, from prop newspapers used in "Pink Flamingos" to shoes from "Female Trouble."

Enjoy that tour and enjoy the movies.

John Wilson/Universal Pictures

'Jurassic World Dominion' Review: Extinction Rebellion

Things get very hectic in the last episode of this trilogy, which brings back familiar faces (Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern, Sam Neill) along with the usual dinosaurs.

By A.O. Scott

Scott Yamano/Netflix

Critic's Pick

'Hustle' Review: Put Me In, N.B.A. Executive!

Adam Sandler and the Utah Jazz player Juancho Hernangómez lead an unsentimental sports drama in which success is tenuous and one mistake can derail a dream.

By Amy Nicholson

Netflix

Critic's Notebook

The Tribeca Festival Returns in Full Bloom

The springtime extravaganza returns with another sweeping bill of fare. We trawled through the slate so you can savor the gems.

By Natalia Winkelman

Sinna Nasseri for The New York Times

John Waters, an Auteur of Trash, Would Like to Thank the Academy

Curators from the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures rummaged through his Baltimore home to plan an exhibition on Waters and his cult films.

By Adam Nagourney

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CRITICS' PICKS

Music Box Films

Critic's Pick

'Lost Illusions' Review: The Sweet Smell of Success

Xavier Giannoli's headlong adaptation of a Balzac novel paints a timely picture of literary ambition and media corruption in 19th-century France.

By A.O. Scott

Film Movement

Critic's Pick

'Tahara' Review: Hierarchy at a Hebrew-School Funeral

Rachel Sennott and Madeline Grey DeFreece star in a canny portrait of teenage insensitivity and sexuality amid a tragedy.

By Teo Bugbee

Passion River

Critic's Pick

'A Sexplanation' Review: Sex Education Fit for a Classroom

The director Alex Liu explores the politics and culture of sex ed in the United States while confronting his own shame around sexuality.

By Claire Shaffer

Giant Pictures

Critic's Pick

'Being BeBe' Review: Reaching for Drag Superstardom

Observing its subject with a clear eye, this profile of Marshall Ngwa, who performs as BeBe Zahara Benet, is a breath of fresh air.

By Natalia Winkelman

MOVIE REVIEWS

Shout! Studios

'I'm Charlie Walker' Review: More Wink Than Wallop

The actor Mike Colter imbues Charlie with cool savvy in this movie about a Black trucker in the '70s who goes up against the white establishment.

By Lisa Kennedy

HBO	'The Janes' Review: Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands This HBO documentary spotlights the women activists who banded together to form Jane, a clandestine group providing safe abortions in the years before Roe v. Wade. By Beatrice Loayza

Tricycle Logic

'1982' Review: When War Canceled School

This film from the director Oualid Mouaness is inspired by his memories of being a child during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon that year.

By Ben Kenigsberg

Bayview Entertainment

'Ninja Badass' Review: Kill Bad Guys, Save Hot Babes, Look Silly

Ryan Harrison, an auteur of the gross, includes sight gags like puppies in blenders in this tedious action comedy.

By Calum Marsh

Quiver Distribution

'Small Town Wisconsin' Review: A Father-Son Trip Goes Awry

A major-league farewell journey turns into an adventure for this dad who is losing shared custody.

By Glenn Kenny

815 Pictures

'The Policeman's Lineage' Review: Undercover and Overcaffeinated

A clean-cut young cop goes undercover to investigate a top officer in this thriller.

By Nicolas Rapold

Vertical Entertainment

'The Walk' Review: Two Families So Far Apart

This sentimental drama about an upstanding cop caught up in the 1974 school desegregation conflict in Boston recycles tired white-savior clichés.

By Devika Girish

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NEWS & FEATURES

Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment

The Real Stars of the 'Jurassic' Films? Friends, Not Dinosaurs.

When Laura Dern, Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum reprised their roles for the new sequel, they quickly refound the chemistry they had in the 1993 blockbuster.

By Kyle Buchanan

Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion

A Queer-Film Historian Discusses Movies That Provoke

Elizabeth Purchell, who has programmed a series on the documentaries of Rosa von Praunheim, sees Pride Month as a chance to discover, and uncover, the past.

By Erik Piepenburg

Caitlin Cronenberg/Entertainment One

With 'Cosmopolis,' a Limo Ride That Redefined Robert Pattinson's Career

Ten years later, a look back at the movie that helped the actor move from serious heartthrob to serious thespian.

By Andrew Crump

IFC Midnight

Five Influences on the Horror Film 'Watcher'

Chloe Okuno's bone-chilling debut feature is about a woman unnerved by a man watching her from an apartment window. The director shared what was in her head while assembling it.

By Erik Piepenburg

Gilles Petard/Redferns, via Getty Images

In a First for Broadway, a Theater Will Be Renamed for Lena Horne

Horne, a renowned singer and activist, will be the first Black woman to have a theater named after her once the Brooks Atkinson is renamed.

By Michael Paulson

Robbie Lawrence for The New York Times

Werner Herzog's Fever Dreams

The filmmaker behind "Grizzly Man" and "Fitzcarraldo" makes a late-career foray into fiction with his new book, "The Twilight World." He feels he has finally found his medium.

By Alexandra Alter

STREAMING RECOMMENDATIONS

A24	Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now From pensive dramas about androids to upbeat anime about virtual pop stars, this month's selection of films has creative range. By Elisabeth Vincentelli

Niko Tavernise/Fox Searchlight Pictures

The Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now

New films, and classics, just keep coming, but you don't have to drill down to find the finest selections to stream. We'll do the heavy lifting. You press play.

By Jason Bailey

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