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1. Article · Aug 30, 2026 · Meg Walter

   ‘The End of Oak Street’ is both new and nostalgic (opens the original)

   Excerpt · Positive tone · English

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   “The End of Oak Street” was clearly made by someone who grew up watching the same cinema collection I did. The new movie from writer and director David Robert Mitchell is a fun mashup of all of my childhood favorites — one part “Jumanji,” one part “Signs,” one part “Back To The Future,” and a lot of parts “Jurassic Park” — but in a way that feels like an homage, not a rip-off. These were films I watched over and over as a kid, because 1. I had cool parents who showed me t

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