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Sleepless In Seattle (1993)

DIRECTOR: Nora Ephron

CAST: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman, Ross Malinger, Rosie O’Donnell, Rob Reiner, Rita Wilson, Victor Garber, Frances Conroy, David Hyde Pierce, Gaby Hoffmann, Dana Ivey, Carey Lowell

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Whether you find Sleepless In Seattle a chore or a breeze to sit through depends on how game you are for letting an unabashedly feather-light romantic comedy-drama sweep you along on its sugar-coated ride. For one not immediately turned off by what is an unabashedly “chick flick” romance (as is to be expected from Nora Ephron), though, it boasts likable characters and a script that has a little more intelligence and wit than is often found in its genre.

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Jurassic Park (1993)

DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg

CAST: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Ariana Richards, Joseph Mazzello, Martin Ferrero, Bob Peck, Wayne Knight, Samuel L. Jackson

REVIEW:

Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park, adapted from the book by Michael Crichton, is a tremendous special effects landmark, throwing up dinosaurs onscreen that are so realistic that at times it’s hard to believe they’re special effects creations. In fact, so impressive is the film on a technical level that it’s easy to forgive the serviceable but unspectacular narrative and thinly-drawn characters. At the bottom line, the story is just a vehicle to string dinosaur scenes together, and does an effective job of serving its purpose. Jurassic Park succeeds because it promises dinosaurs, and it delivers dinosaurs beyond anything ever before seen onscreen.

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