It’s the time for beaches, bonfires, basking in the afternoon sunshine, going on roadtrips, and it’s also one of the most exciting seasons for movies.

But here’s the challenge when picking a summertime flick: choosing a movie.

The last thing you want to do is have a debate over which movie to watch to dampen the mood.

But have no fear, Luke Ferris is here. In this essay episode, Luke guides you through some summer selections so you’ll be prepared for every scenario to recommend a summer flick.

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In honor of the 25th anniversary of Jurassic Park III, we're bringing back an episode from the vault via the podcast that started it all–Jurassic Pod.

In this episode, Luke Ferris and Mike Wynne break down the uniqueness of this trilogy within the franchise and in filmmaking.

Dr. Alan Grant unknowingly returns to Isla Sorna to save more children. Can he overcome the ghosts of his past and rescue this franchise from early 2000s sequelitis? Talking dinosaurs, hybrid dinosaurs, and William H. Macy. It’s Jurassic Park Claw Mark!

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Did JAWS and Star Wars ruin cinema?

In this essay episode, Luke Ferris dives into why the 1970s were a critical decade in film history because of the two trajectories of its young, creative talent. One path, like Spielberg, Lucas, and De Palma, was to create universally appealing genre films. The others, like Scorsese and Coppola, chose to create serious dramatic works focusing on the counterculture ideas of the period. Was one way the correct way?

Or is there a deeper understanding of the morphism of this era of filmmaking?

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