- John Hansen
- August 9, 2025
Have the ‘Jurassic Park’ films really gotten that bad? Or have tastes changed?
If I took a time machine from 1993 – the day after seeing “Jurassic Park” – to today, then watched the six sequels, I’d figure
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- John Hansen
- August 7, 2025
Koepp, Edwards simplify ‘Jurassic World’ story for a ‘Rebirth’
The seventh “Jurassic” movie is for some reason called “Jurassic World: Rebirth,” but colloquially I suppose people will call it “the 2025 one” or “the
- John Hansen
- November 26, 2024
‘Twisters’ a thrilling legacy sequel with new twists
“Twisters” recaptures that feeling of thrills from natural-disaster movies in the waning days of the flickering-projector, catch-it-in-the-dollar-theater era. We get pseudo-science delivered with a straight
- John Hansen
- October 29, 2024
‘Eruption’ is a disaster, but not in the intended way
Michael Crichton died in 2008 and his new novel, “Eruption,” is somehow out in 2024. Be suspicious; be very suspicious. Of course, no one is
- John Hansen
- August 1, 2022
‘Camp Cretaceous’ Season 5 is Spielbergian, Crichtonian, great
My friend and former RFMC contributor Shaune has a 4-year-old son who isn’t into “Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous” (Netflix). Meanwhile, I gobble up every episode
- John Hansen
- July 16, 2022
On the cutting edge: Every Michael Crichton film, ranked
Michael Crichton died in 2008 and will therefore never write or direct another film – although if his estate’s policy against selling his books’ rights
- John Hansen
- July 11, 2022
‘Dealing’ (1972) a still-relevant time capsule of Drug War
“Comedy” is one of the categories IMDb lists for “Dealing, or The Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues” (1972). But this is the driest kind of comedy
- John Hansen
- July 9, 2022
The near-futurist: All 28 Michael Crichton novels, ranked
We’ll never get another novel from Michael Crichton (1942-2008), unless another manuscript emerges from his old computer files as if by magic – as most
- John Hansen
- June 29, 2022
‘Westworld’ Season 4 jumps into recognizable future
A big month for Michael Crichton franchises continues with the launch of “Westworld” Season 4 (Sundays, HBO). This is the headier of the two Crichton
- John Hansen
- June 18, 2022
‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ roars around globe with heart
If in 1993 I imagined a movie about the “Jurassic Park” dinosaurs dispersing around the globe for a grand adventure, I would’ve imagined “Jurassic World: