Ah, Jurassic Park. A staple of countless childhoods and the cause of many subsequent dinosaur fixations. I’m almost certain that the collectible weekly magazine DINOSAURS! came out around the same time in what would quite obviously have been a hurried effort to cash in. It was the one where you collected sections of a glow in the dark Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton and the first issue cunningly lured you in with the skull. Those crafty publishing types. But back to the film. And what a film. I’m delighted to say that Jurassic Park is just as brilliant now as it was when I saw it in 1993. Once the preamble (the Montana desert dig that introduces Doctors Grant and Stattler) is taken care of and the team are approaching the island in the helicopter, there’s a genuine sense of excitement and wonder, especially when the tremendous John Williams score swells into … There’s more →