Tag: Jurassic Park
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‘We ain’t in science-fiction any more!’ Laura Dern on the return of Jurassic Park
Back battling prehistoric foes 30 years after the first film, the Oscar winner explains why apocalypse seems more likely than ever – and why men in power are the real dinosaursOn the final day filming Jurassic Park in 1992, Hawaii was hit by the largest hurricane in its history. Laura Dern stood on the beach…
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Jurassic World Dominion Review: For The Love Of T-Rex, It’s Time To Let This Franchise Finally Go Extinct
In 1993, Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park” changed movies forever. That’s not hyperbole or exaggeration. Spielberg, working with a crack team of special effects artists, made us believe dinosaurs were back, if only for the runtime of the movie. Digital VFX work had been used in films before “Jurassic Park,” but it was Spielberg’s monster movie…
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Triassic Parq Is The Musical Retelling Of Jurassic Park You Didn’t Know You Needed
Just as William Shakespeare did with “Romeo and Juliet,” a surefire sign of brilliant theatrical artistry is an opening monologue that tells the audience exactly what they’re about to see. “Welcome to ‘Triassic Parq.’ It’s the story of the dinosaurs of ‘Jurassic Park‘ but we can’t call it ‘Jurassic Park’ because we might get sued.” Originally…
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David Cronenberg Has A Simple Philosophy When It Comes To Working With Actors
Some of the best filmmakers of all time are known for being total control freaks. “The Shining” director Stanley Kubrick is notoriously dictatorial on set, while David Fincher has a reputation for making actors shoot the same scenes over, and over, and over again. One cinematic master who would strongly disagree with this approach is…
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Jurassic Park’s Mr. DNA Mascot Solved A Major Problem With The Script
One of the biggest challenges in adapting a novel into a movie is figuring out how to cram all the exposition into a decently moderate run time. Such was the problem Steven Spielberg faced when Universal won the bidding war to turn Michael Crichton’s 448-page novel “Jurassic Park” into a film. But that wasn’t the…
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Cardboard Cinema: All Your Favorite ’80s Movies Are Now RPGs
(Welcome to Cardboard Cinema, an ongoing series where we look at board games inspired by or connected to our favorite media. In this edition of our monthly round-up, we take a look at new games based on “Firefly,” “Jurassic Park,” “Blade Runner,” and more.)When you write a monthly column highlighting film-inspired tabletop games, you’re always…
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Jurassic Park Had A Surprisingly Simple Solution To Self-Driving Cars
The term “movie magic” is thrown around an awful lot, but if there is a director out there who truly encapsulates that phrase, it is most likely Steven Spielberg, the man behind “Jaws” and “E.T.” But one of his finest hours in terms of crafting true blue movie magic is 1993’s “Jurassic Park,” which brought…
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Colin Trevorrow Compares New ‘Jurassic World’ Dinosaur to The Joker: ‘It Just Wants to Watch the World Burn’
Summer blockbuster season is just around the corner and in between the high profile superhero movies hitting theaters this summer, it can be easy to forget that there’s a new “Jurassic World” movie coming out. But fear not, it appears that the latest entry in the dinosaur franchise will have a touch of Batman flair.“Jurassic…