The approach to rebooting a successful franchise comes down to perspective but also it is about keeping it from going off the rails. The saving grace of "Jurassic Park: Rebirth" is the balance between writer David Koepp (who wrote the screenplay for the first "Jurassic Park" as well as "The Lost World") and director Gareth Edwards who knows a thing or two about restoring franchises.

The conceit of "28 Years Later" is a concept of how life has changed against the backdrop of the rage and the ideas at play. It is split into two parts. The crux of the film is Spike who is the eyes through which the new generation will see this quarantined world.

The intention of "Elio" is a good one and there are many factors at play and yet at times there is disconnection. The movie is undeniably inspired by early 80s genre movies. There are exceptional homages (although subtle) to "The Last Starfighter", "Explorers" and "E.T." The issue is that it only keys into those kind of emotions in two specific moments near the end. Granted it sounds like the film went through series of development reworkings but the approach is not ineffective. It seems more akin in style to something like "Onward".

The essence of action is seeing with the eyes of your protagonist. "Ballerina" does very well in this regards though it does require a little bit of set up to get the idea going. The structure works in this way because you can't simply drop Ana de Armas into killing mode without showing in some basic way, shape and form how she got there.

The difficulty with ending something is trying to find the right tone and context to make it work. With "Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning," it is a little tricky because it is not like Tom Cruise really wants to end this franchise...but he is a businessman at heart…and these movies have to perform because of the elements involved.

When a filmmaker like Ryan Coogler makes a film like "Black Panther" it opens the door to make projects that are both diametric but also have a certain expectation to them. "Sinners," his latest, is an interesting swing but one that keys into a specific perspective but also gives it that genre structure while hitting some hard issues and time frame.

The context of a movie like "The Amateur" relies solely in the character work it is trying to approach. This is a type of movie that is really no longer made: a modern day thriller with a mid-range budget and a limited amount of digital work and people though there is some. In making this his first true leading role since winning his Oscar, Rami Malek returns in a way to what made his famous in "Mr. Robot" but from the other direction. He knows that he also needs to establish himself in certain ways as an empathetic romantic lead.

The aspect of a video game adaption comes down to just what a film wants to do. If it is just entertainment with some semblance of sarcastic character structure thrown in, it can do well. "Super Mario Bros Movie" knew what it was but it was a series of sequences. "Borderlands" wanted to be something grand but seriously lost track of itself. "Minecraft" involves something in between. But they all share one thing: Jack Black.

The intention of a film like "Mickey 17" is the context of an outsider finding meaning against the authority that oversees him. Mickey (Robert Pattinson) is having a time of it on Earth but he believes in the wrong people. What Director Bong Joon Ho ("Parasite") is more interested in is the perspective of someone from nothing rising up to change but sometimes through no great enlightenment of his own. It is just where his path leads.