David Koepp

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
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Rating: ★½
Aug 14, 2001Genetically Engineered Dinosaurs Amok
The first sequel to the massive success of Jurassic Park where Steven Spielberg returns to direct. Alas with a script that seems a mishmash of loose ends, this only weakly rehashes the original and emerges as the weakest of the sequels to date
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Spider-Man (2002)

Spider-Man (2002)
Rating: ★★½
Jun 20, 2002Comic-Book Superhero
A huge hit and one of the key influences that created the box-office dominance of Marvel Comics in the 2000s/10s. A fine incarnation of the comic-book, Sam Raimi brings it to life with exhilarating web-slinging scenes but overdoes the winsome innocence of Peter Parker
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Secret Window (2004)

Secret Window (2004)
Rating: ★★★½
Apr 19, 2004Sinister Stranger/Stephen King Adaptation
Stephen King adaptation with Johnny Depp as a writer in a cabin in the woods harassed by mysterious stranger John Turturro. Screenwriter David Koepp directs a marvellously chill Turturro with lots of twisty surprises
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War of the Worlds (2005)

War of the Worlds (2005)
Rating: ★★★½
Jul 2, 2005Alien Invasion/H.G. Wells Adaptation
Steven Spielberg remakes the classic H.G. Wells alien invasion story, liberally rewriting it for the post-9/11 world. Not Spielberg's best film but a more than solid work on most grounds
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Rating: ★★
May 25, 2008High Adventure/Alien Artefacts
The fourth of the Indiana Jones films, returning after a 19 year gap to general disappointment. Largely a film about Indy getting old and coming to terms with it, this tries but the action scenes pale against what the series was back in the heyday
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Inferno (2016)

Inferno (2016)
Rating: ★
Dec 3, 2016Dan Brown Adaptation/Trail of Clues to a Deadly Virus
The third film based on Dan Brown's Robert Langdon books. This uses slightly different locations but is essentially the same plot as The Da Vinci Code with Tom Hanks muttering cryptically as he traces clues in classic artworks around Europe. The film has a plot that makes zero sense when you think about it
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You Should Have Left (2020)

You Should Have Left (2020)
Rating: ★★½
Jun 27, 2020Sinister House
David Koepp has an impressive resume as a screenwriter including and several Spielberg films. Even better is his work as a director. One of his best works was Stir of Echoes. This promisingly reunites Koepp with Kevin Bacon after 22 years and promises more of the same as Bacon rents a holiday home that has sinisterly shifting topography and other secrets
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