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Christmas Cracker #3 | Today: A Bad Joke

Some prehistoric humour from Jurassic Park to enjoy… Well, maybe enjoy’s a bit strong. Tim: What do you call a blind dinosaur? Dr. Alan Grant: I don’t know. What do you call a blind dinosaur? Tim: A Do-you-think-he-saurus. Dr. Alan … Continue reading

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Thought for the Day from Jurassic Park

“If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us it’s that life will not be contained. Life breaks free, expands to new territories, and crashes through barriers, painfully, maybe even dangerously, but, ah, well, there it is.” … Continue reading

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Komodo vs. Cobra – is it always necessary to see a monster in a monster movie?

Couch Potato Pickings Is it always necessary to see the monster in a monster movie? Well, if it’s a monster movie comedy, then yes, absolutely. And, if the filmmakers want us to feel some empathy for the monstrous brute in … Continue reading

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Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Couch Potato Pickings On BBC1 today at 4.30pm I’m not a big fan of animated films but I make an exception for Wallace and Gromit. Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas in this country without these much-loved characters. In The Curse of … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings – Michael Crichton Tribute

The blockbuster movies Jurassic Park, Disclosure or The Andromeda Strain would never have hit our screens if hadn’t been for bestselling author Michael Crichton who sadly died last week. To pay tribute to this great novelist and filmmaker, Sky have … Continue reading

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Busy Binoche

‘I told Steven that if he wanted to cast me as a dinosaur I’d be happy to play one,’ French screen icon Juliette Binoche disclosed to me last night. Sadly, I wasn’t enjoying an intimate tête-a-tête with the actress and … Continue reading

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