Film & TV

Carmen reasons that he needs to find happiness outside of the kitchen and that it would be best if he left once he gets the restaurant on a profitable path. The thing is, he doesn’t know how to make a restaurant profitable, and he doesn't know what he’s going to do with his life away from the culinary world.

It was never a given that humans would logically connect one cinematic sequence to the next, thinking of them as a story instead of random clips. In fact, 'The Cinema Within' spends significant time demonstrating that reactions to cuts where one scene is replaced by a new perspective might have been met with a feeling of seasickness.

While I don’t believe the movie plays as well in 2025 as it did at the close of the 20th century, much of Smith’s dialogue is as biting as ever. He is a fantastic writer, and his material is particularly good when handed to a talented cast.

Del Toro plays an international industrialist/criminal named Zsa-zsa Korda, who is constantly hounded by assassins. His enemies have caused his planes to crash multiple times, and after the latest disaster, he decides to make his only daughter his heir.

Robinson’s best gift as a comedic foil is his ability to react. The funniest moments in this film are the silent moments where Robinson is digesting what someone says to him. Rudd, as one of Hollywood’s most generous performers, proves to be the perfect counterbalance: He plays the relatable everyman with such ease.

Still, as eccentric as Cruise can be, he’s doing things in the world of filmmaking that are becoming more rare: the stunt work, the set pieces, the demolition on set. It’s easy for a movie like this to seem lifeless when it plays it safe or uses too many computer-generated assets, which is not the case here.

Despite her insecurities, her friend Félix (Pablo Pauly) convinces her to leave France and accept a literary residency in England offered by Austen’s descendants. It doesn’t take much deduction to figure this opportunity will also present Agathe with a chance at romance. The question is, will it come in the form of Oliver (Charlie Anson), Austen’s -great-great-great-great nephew, or Félix?

Nothing is left to the imagination and everyone knows how it ends. Dinosaurs run amuck through the film, people will die in the process, and a few will manage to escape but not before the audience can feast their eyes on a huge dinosaur brawl with one of the great lizards roaring for the end credits.