Posts tagged Jurassic Park
Review: Twister (1996)
Review: Twister (1996)

Twister illustrates much of what has changed, improved, and been lost in the evolution of Hollywood blockbusters since 1996.

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Reviews, Flash BackAnton BergstromTwister, 1990s, blockbusters, disaster movie, man vs. nature, suspense, Jurassic Park, Steven Spielberg, The Wizard of Oz, The Shining, self-reflexivity, Independence Day, Godzilla, Jan de Bont, Michael Crichton, Anne-Marie Martin, Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, Lois Smith, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alan Ruck, Jeremy Davies, Scott Thomson, Todd Field, Zach Grenier, Jake Busey, Cary Elwes, action Comment
3 Brothers Film Top 100
3 Brothers Film Top 100

A personal pantheon of the films that shaped and continue to define the best of cinematic storytelling.

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FeaturesAnton Bergstrom2001: A Space Odyssey, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Psycho, Seven Samurai, Lawrence of Arabia, Citizen Kane, Return of the Jedi, Blade Runner, Goodfellas, The Godfather, Pinocchio, Vertigo, Jaws, Spirited Away, Alien, The Godfather Part II, Days of Heaven, Pulp Fiction, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, The Third Man, The Tree of Life, The Dark Knight, My Neighbor Totoro, Dr. Strangelove, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Do the Right Thing, The Thing, The Searchers, Taxi Driver, Casablanca, Ben-Hur, From Russia with Love, Apocalypse Now, Tokyo Story, Rear Window, Blue Velvet, The Matrix, North by Northwest, Road House, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, West Side Story, Princess Mononoke, Fantasia, The Shining, Raging Bull, Metropolis, Minority Report, Fight Club, JFK, The Silence of the Lambs, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, A Serious Man, Memories of Murder, The Magnificent Ambersons, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Seventh Seal, Singin' in the Rain, American Psycho, Ran, Scrooge, The Good, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Casino Royale, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Schindler's List, King Kong, The Lion King, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Kingdom of Heaven, This Is Spinal Tap, Paths of Glory, The Manchurian Candidate, Memento, Goldfinger, Mulholland Drive, The Social Network, Rashomon, Beauty and the Beast, Interstellar, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Aguirre, Aguirre the Wrath of God, Double Indemnity, The Virgin Spring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Skyfall, E.T. the Extra-terrestrial, Chungking Express, There Will Be Blood, Wild Strawberries, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Le Samourai, The New World, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Jurassic Park, Dead Ringers, The GeneralComment
On Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Genre Reflections, and the Franchise Reboot
On Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Genre Reflections, and the Franchise Reboot

Anton explores the dinosaur franchise, its science fiction themes, and the nature of the reboot.

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Essays, Movies TodayAnton BergstromJurassic World, Jurassic Park, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Jeff Goldblum, Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, James Cromwell, Rafe Spall, Isabella Sermon, B. D. Wong, Toby Jones, Derek Connolly, Colin Trevorrow, science fiction, Gothic, adventure, action movie, blockbuster, summer, reboot, genre, diegetic reboot, clonesComment
Review: Jurassic World (2015)
Review: Jurassic World (2015)

Successes and blunders in this franchise revival.

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Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnton Bergstromaction, action film, B-D- Wong, Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, Colin Trevorrow, Derek Connolly, destruction, dinosaurs, disaster, genetics, Irrfan Khan, Jake Johnson, Judy Greer, Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, Katie McGrath, Lauren Lapkus, Nick Robinson, Omar Sy, re-creation, self-reflexivity, sequel, sexism, theme park, Ty Simpkins, Vincent D'OnofrioComment