The End Of Oak Street Review: Surprisingly Gruesome Summer Fun (With Dinosaurs)

'The End of Oak Street' Review: Weirdly cold-blooded

If nothing else, David Robert Mitchell’s The End of Oak Street proves that Warner Brothers will — and have, now — spend at least $80 million on a movie in which feathered dinosaurs “do it like they do on the Discovery Channel.” Yes, Mitchell spent nearly a decade in Director Jail following the drama surrounding criminally underrated Under the Silver Lake to make a “Dark Amblin” picture in which big-ass lizards fuck. There’s something deeply ende…

Movie Review: 'The End of Oak Street'

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Movie Review: 'The End of Oak Street' is a gonzo good time

At the end of the block in David Robert Mitchell’s “The End of Oak Street,” is a cul-de-sac with a telephone pole in the middle and wires radiating out like the cables of a big top. It’s a fitting touch for a breakneck, carnivalesque movie made with throwback showmanship. Summer movies, of course, are not known for lacking in circus-like mayhem. But much of the pastiche delight of the 1980s-set “The End of Oak Street,” a mid-August surprise, is …

‘The End of Oak Street’ review: The dinosaurs are back, and so is the summer blockbuster fun

I’m not going to sit here and pretend I’m not exactly the target audience for “The End of Oak Street.” This new dinosaur movie is essentially a love letter to Spielberg’s classic movies, and as a huge lover of anything sci-fi, this is exactly the kind of film that appealed to me. The obvious comparison is to “Jurassic Park” with a more suburban spin, but since those iconic dinosaur movies mean a great deal to me, I’m absolutely okay with “The En…

The End Of Oak Street Review: Surprisingly Gruesome Summer Fun (With Dinosaurs)

David Robert Mitchell's dinosaur movie "The End of Oak Street" is fun, gruesome, and a wild ride from start to finish in the best way.