Rick Jaffa

‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ goes bananas with character creation

Ten films in, and the “Planet of the Apes” saga is still worth going ape for. Wes Ball, director of the “Maze Runner” films, brings

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‘Relic’ (1997) an intense but simple adaptation

“Relic” (1995) is the book that launched the careers of authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, and even after two decades’ worth of great mystery

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All 18 ‘Jurassic Park’ stories, ranked from tame to tops

“Jurassic Park” might not seem like a candidate for lots of spinoff material – and indeed, the franchise has contented itself with blockbuster films as

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‘The Relic’ reviews

John’s “The Relic” flashback review, Sept. 27, 2020 “The Relic” – The book by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child is the scariest novel ever written,

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Why aren’t the ‘Jurassic Park’ movies scary anymore?

In my review of “Jurassic World,” I mentioned that these movies aren’t scary anymore, but I didn’t theorize about the reason beyond noting that I’ve outgrown being

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‘Jurassic World’ is ‘Jurassic Park’ on steroids

“Jurassic World” — the franchise’s fourth film but first in 14 years – follows pretty much the exact same plot as the original “Jurassic Park” but

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‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ explores human nature via apes, brilliant special effects (Movie review)

The “Planet of the Apes” franchise shows us we’re not much different from apes, and we’re both victims of our respective races’ propensity for violence

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The speculation begins as ‘Jurassic World,’ ‘The Force Awakens’ trailers debut (Movie commentary)

Trying to parse out the plot and character details of a movie based on a trailer – particularly a teaser trailer – is a ridiculous

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How did the apes get that way in the first place? ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ has the answers (Movie review)

A cool thing about science fiction novels is that not only do they explore future possibilities, they also inspire other writers’ imaginations; sometimes one writer’s

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