english language films
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You’ve Seen Jurassic Park More Times Than Its Star Sam Neill
Sam Neill might be the face of Jurassic Park, but he’s not particularly obsessed with it. Speaking to the actor on the occasion of the latest film, Jurassic World Dominion, he reveals that he’s only seen the original film maybe four times, all of which were when it came out in 1993. In fact, he…
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Jurassic World Tries So, So Hard to Be Good, and Almost Succeeds
Jurassic World is the most Jurassic movie of all the Jurassic movies. It takes the structure of the first movie — a theme park run amok — and blends it with the franchise’s ultimate fantasy, finally revealing what a fully functioning dinosaur theme park looks like. It’s John Hammond’s vision come to life. The result,…
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Banned Books in the U.S. Every Climate Nerd Should Read
Banned and heavily challenged books are all the rage these days… at least for school districts in states like Florida and Texas. An April 2022 report from PEN America, a nonprofit that works to defend expression in literature, found that the number of banned books is on the rise. As of last month, school districts…
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Jurassic Park 3 Is Way Better Than You Remember
It’s been seven years since I last saw Jurassic Park III and wow, did I hate it at the time. I know that for a fact because I live-tweeted it and, as I was watching, I legitimately despised everything I saw. I was not looking forward to rewatching the film at all for Jurassic Rewatch…