Jurassic Park (1993)

Jurassic Park (1993)
Rating: ★★★★
May 9, 2001Genetically-Engineered Dinosaurs Amok
An enormous and influential hit for Steven Spielberg who took new emergent CGI technologies and wowed audiences with dinosaurs brought to life in dazzlingly realistic detail It doesn't hurt that he delivers a relentlessly suspenseful film too

Jurassic Park III (2001)

Jurassic Park III (2001)
Rating: ★★
Jul 20, 2001Genetically-Engineered Dinosaurs Amok
Steven Spielberg handed the directorial reins of the series over to Joe Johnston and this emerges as a better film than The Lost World was, even if it never seems to be anything more than arranged around a series of effects set-pieces

The Master (2012)

The Master (2012)
Rating: ★★★½
Sep 27, 2012L. Ron Hubbard Fictionalised Biopic
Paul Thomas Anderson's loose biopic of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard is a film composed of great acting and great individual scenes more so than it ever coheses as a story or delves in to interrogate its characters. Far too elusive as a story to quite be the masterpiece it is readily being hailed as

Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)

Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)
Rating: ★★★½
Mar 17, 2018Space Opera
I'm not one of the haters on this. It's the first Star Wars sequel since the 1980s to invigorate the series with fresh and original action sequences, place more focus on the characters instead of the action, and be unconcerned about slavishy repeating what has gone before

Spielberg (2017)

Spielberg (2017)
Rating: ★★★
Oct 23, 2017Steven Spielberg Documentary
Documentary made for HBO about director Steven Spielberg in which he reflects on his life and films. The documentary tends to focus more on his major hits and skips his minor films but does give worthwhile insight into Spielberg, his life and formative years