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34 JUNE 2015 JB Hi-Fi
visit REVIEWS CINEMA
ALSO DUE
IN JUNE
The Park is back in business and that means, to
quote Dr. Ian Malcolm, "Oooh, ahhh... then later
there's running, and screaming". Jurassic World
looks to have all this, with aquatic dinosaurs,
pterodactyls, an Indominus Rex, and trained
raptors. Not sure how the last bit is going to
work, but Chris Pratt seems to have managed it;
he is an affable dude, after all. Will we still be
wowed by CGI 'saurs? We'll know on June 11.
JURASSIC WORLD
It's been a long time coming, but at last the
boys are back in town and up on the big screen.
Expect plenty of drama (real and Johnny) and
special guest stars on June 4.
ENTOURAGE
Out on June 11, this brooding Spanish thriller has
been likened to True Detective, with two city cops
discovering that a serial killer is on the loose in a
sleepy rural backwater.
MARSHLAND
After stealing scenes in two Despicable Me
films, those cute yellow critters get a movie of
their own. Ever wondered what the hell they are
and where they came from? Find out June 18.
MINIONS
Wh en you’re the director of one of
Pixar’s greatest achievements in
The Incredible s, not to mention
the most successful of the Mission:
Impossible series thus far, Ghost Protocol,
the pressure to deliver another box office
smash is well and truly on.
With this, his second live-action feature,
writer-director Brad Bird pulls out all the
old-school ‘kid’s own adventure’ stops and
thankfully delivers an action romp with far
more bravado than a mere feel-good family
sci-fi. George Clooney plays Frank Walker,
a former child-genius with a heart full of
dreams whom we witness in the intro of
the film being lured by a mysterious young
girl into a Twilight Zone-style alternate
future through the ‘It’s a Small World After
All’ ride at the 1964 World Fair (well, this
is a Disney film!). This utopian paradise is
eons ahead of our current reality, and young
Frank, complete with his very own self-
designed jetpack, eventually fits right in.
Flash forward to present-day and teen
rebel Casey (Britt Robertson), hellbent on
sabotaging the demolition of her father’s
place of work (an abandoned NASA launch
station), is soon in possession of pin similar
to the one Frank acquired 50 years ago.
A chain of events leads Casey to realise
this acquisition has not only put her life
in danger, but when introduced to Frank
today, his conspiratorial paranoia (that has
seen him reclusive and holed up in a techno
fortress) is well-founded and the danger
is very, very real.
Packed with in-jokes, action aplenty (at
times extremely violent for a kids flick) and
a wicked sense of humour that dances
between Back to the Future escapism and
Goonies meets Da Vinci Code outlandish
disbelief, Tomorrowland is a perfectly
formed adventure romp for ages 10
and above.
Chris Murray
A teenage girl is delivered a mysterious commemorative pin from the ‘64
World Fair which unlocks an alternate dimension from the future.
TOMORROWLAND
RELEASED: Now Showing DIRECTOR: Brad Bird CAST: George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Hugh Laurie RATING: PG