Doctor Dolittle (1967)

Doctor Dolittle (1967)
Rating: ★★
Dec 16, 2001Doctor That Can Speak to Animals/Musical
This gets the nonsensical absurdity of the original Doctor Dolittle stories far more than the Eddie Murphy version. On the other hand, this was the era of Mary Poppins and everything is played as a lumbering musical

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

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

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001)

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001)
Rating: ★★
Feb 12, 2005Revisionist Fairytale
TV mini-series co-produced between Hallmark Entertainment and The Jim Henson Company that offers an intriguing deconstruction of the fairytale although eventually proves to be a modernised replaying that reverses the sympathies