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‘Jurassic Park’ (1993): Why You Still Love It Today – Retro Review

Jurassic Park

In case you’ve been trapped in amber for millions of years, you’ve heard about Jurassic Park, a science fiction adventure film released 30 years ago on June 11, 1993, directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. Star Jeff Goldblum said of …

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Frank Marshall’s ‘Congo’ (1995): Low Art, High Adventure Retro Review

There’s a game that Bruce Campbell likes to play at convention appearances, a sort of a Hollywood Red Light, Green Light. He picks some poor sap in the audience to play a Paramount Pictures executive tasked with deciding whether or not to make a movie with some of Hollywood’s finest …

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