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Notebook Reviews: SPHERE

Barry Levinson – 1998. Sphere is an under-appreciated, but enjoyable science fiction film from director Barry Levinson. The first 3/4 of this big screen adaptation of Michael Crichton‘s novel is great stuff, but the film literally loses [...]

December 29, 2021

Notebook Reviews: JURASSIC PARK

Steven Spielberg – 1993. Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park is great fun. It’s an excellent adaptation of Michael Crichton‘s best-selling novel and Spielberg doesn’t get bogged down in too much of the book’s [...]

November 6, 2021

Notebook Reviews: THE 13TH WARRIOR

John Mc Tiernan – 1999. John McTiernan‘s The 13th Warrior is not as bad as its troubled production would lead you to believe. This adaptation of Michael Crichton‘s novel, Eaters of the Dead is an entertaining Viking action film [...]

September 7, 2021

Notebook Reviews: BLADE II

Guillermo del Toro – 2002 Director Guillermo del Toro‘s Blade II delivers a sequel which is an improvement on the original film, but this is still a limp action-horror (a pity – because the trailer is so good). Wesley Snipes once [...]

June 20, 2021

Notebook Reviews: RISING SUN

Philip Kaufman – 1993 Philip Kaufman’s Rising Sun is the other Michael Crichton adaptation from 1993. It’s a good thriller, but it seems like everyone involved is taking this Crichton potboiler just a little too seriously, As [...]

March 14, 2021

John McTiernan’s THE 13TH WARRIOR Is A Forgotten Curiosity

John McTiernan‘s 1999 release, The 13th Warrior has become something of a forgotten curiosity. Based on Michael Crichton‘s 1976 novel Eaters Of The Dead, the film preceded the glut of medieval epics that followed in the wake of The Lord [...]

June 7, 2020

Notebook Reviews: THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK

Steven Spielberg – 1997 Steven Spielberg makes a sub-standard sequel to Jurassic Park. The Lost World: Jurassic Park features are some good set pieces, but this fails to match-up to the 1993 original. The special effects are a tad ropey when [...]

April 18, 2020

Closed Competition: Win Tom Selleck Sci-Fi Thriller RUNAWAY On Blu-ray

101 Films released the 1983 Tom Selleck sci-fi thriller Runaway on blu-ray in the UK for the first time on 2 March 2020. Movies In Focus is celebrating the release of this 1984 Michael Crichton directed film by giving away a copy of the [...]

March 11, 2020

The Park Is Open As The JURASSIC WORLD Trailer Hits

Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park opened in 1993 and changed how blockbusters were made, shifting the focus from plot to CGI spectacle. 2015 sees Jurassic World continue the franchise, 14 years after Jurassic Park III appeared to end it with [...]

November 26, 2014

DVD Review: Tony And Ridley Scott Produce THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN

This television mini-series is produced by directing brothers Tony and Ridley Scott and based on the novel by Michael Crichton, you know – that guy behind Jurassic Park and E.R. The series has a pretty decent cast including Benjamin Bratt, Ricky [...]

October 30, 2012

PLANET OF THE APES Vs JURASSIC PARK

Universal Pictures has hired Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, the writers behind last year’s surprise hit The Rise of the Planet of the Apes to write the fourth instalment on the Jurassic Park franchise. It’s a good move, the pair managed to find [...]

June 21, 2012