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Jurassic World: Rebirth

July 3, 2025 ~ philthebearblog ~ Leave a comment

Five years on from the events of Jurassic World Dominion an expedition is put together to head to an island once used to cross breed dinosaurs for the Jurassic World park. Their goal is to extract DNA from the three largest living dinosaurs with the goal of making a medical breakthrough that could save or … Continue reading Jurassic World: Rebirth

The Phoenician Scheme

May 26, 2025 ~ philthebearblog ~ Leave a comment

Zsa-Zsa Korda (Benicio Del Toro) is about to complete the most impossible business scheme ever conceived: The Phoenician Scheme. But he has to survive the many assassination attempts against him, the governments trying to cripple his business empire and the moral lessons of his daughter Liesl (Mia Threapleton).  The Phoenician Scheme is another Wes Anderson … Continue reading The Phoenician Scheme

Companion

February 22, 2025February 28, 2025 ~ philthebearblog ~ 2 Comments

Josh (Jack Quaid) takes his new girlfriend Iris (Sophie Thatcher) for a weekend away with his best friends. Iris is nervous that Josh’s friends will not like her, but no one would have guessed quite how badly the getaway will turn out.  When Iris met Josh it was love at first sight. A meet-cute in … Continue reading Companion

The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar & Other Tales

October 2, 2023 ~ philthebearblog ~ 3 Comments

Wes Anderson applies his idiosyncratic style to four of Roald Dahl’s short stories meshing his wonderful presentation with Dahl’s absurd creations.  The jewel in the crown is the 37 minute story of Henry Sugar. Whilst The Rat Catcher, The Swan and Poison all run at a more economical 17 minutes each.  All the stories are … Continue reading The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar & Other Tales

Asteroid City

June 26, 2023June 27, 2023 ~ philthebearblog ~ 6 Comments

Opening in a television studio we are invited to watch the story of the creation of acclaimed play Asteroid City by our host (Bryan Cranston). Here he introduces us to playwright Conrad Earp (Edward Norton) and as the story of the creation and production of the first performance of the play unfolds we find ourselves … Continue reading Asteroid City

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