Michael Crichton

DCPA Getting a Jump on Things

Fly paper

As a treatise on sexual harassment, Disclosure falls flat. But as entertainment, it's hard to resist

Plastic explosives

Push the Tripping Daisy and make them come up

Primate suspect

Congo is the missing link between storytelling and special effects

And your little dog, too

Putting the audience in harm's way gives Twister its punch

Bad Idea Park

Putting the audience in harm's way gives Twister its punch

Shiny, happy guys

Lindsay and Gowan wander happy as a cloud

Nothing But The Truth

James Halperin's book The Truth Machine calls for a utopia where infallible lie detectors make us better people from the president on down. Is it science fiction or prophecy?

Spielberg's Lost

Director digs up more dinos to prove--maybe--he's still a little playful

High-order hackwork

Altman uses his magic to distract us from the same old Grisham-isms in The Gingerbread Man

Cussin' Right at You

Altman uses his magic to distract us from the same old Grisham-isms in The Gingerbread Man

Dinos Amuck

Welcome to Jurassic Park

Flying Lies

TDG kills our dream

Time Out of Mind

The epic sweep of Timeline is easily forgotten

The King Is Dense

There's more to Stephen King's Dreamcatcher than will fit in its confusing adaptation

Dino-sore

Jurassic Park III may put butts in seats, but after a few good chase scenes, it'll chap your hide