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The Surprising Queer Story in ‘The End of Oak Street’ Puts a Perfect Bow on the Dino Thriller

The film mixes dinosaur peril with a queer teenage crush and a 100-pound manure pile as the neighborhood is sent back in time.

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Spoiler alert: This essay contains spoilers for The End of Oak Street. Childhood crushes are an enduring cinematic staple and The End of Oak Street is no different. But this time, it’s queer.For those who have yet to see the dino-fighting thriller, the premise is simultaneously high concept but simple. It’s the early 1980s — so early that the fashion is still very much 1970s-inspired — and aspiring novelist Denise Platt (Anne Hathaway) lives in …

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them. broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
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