What links Nixon and the Kennedys to the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park? We go down a rabbit hole to find out
With a new Jurassic World film on the loose, let’s follow Laura Dern, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Richard Nixon down the rabbit hole on a dinosaur hunt
May 2022
Ranked
The top 20 dinosaur movies – rrraaaanked!
With Jurassic World Dominion out next month, we run through the best prehistoric pictures. You know what’s No 1 – or do you?
September 2019
How a thrilling eight-minute short might save the Jurassic franchise
In new short film Battle at Big Rock, a seat-edge set piece surpasses the two full-length dino-thrillers that came before it
July 2018
Books blog
Tie-in takeover: how film novelisations went from dire to great
Kaite Welsh
Hollywood is still not making room for nuanced female characters, but recent novelisations of Star Wars and Jurassic World show film tie-ins are a chance to add depth
Box office analysis: UK
Heatwave and World Cup results in awful weekend at box office
Sicario sequel fails to dislodge Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom as UK cinemas record second-worst week this year
Incredibles 2 powers North American box office to biggest ever quarter
Blockbuster sequels including Avengers: Infinity War and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom have contributed to record-breaking box office figures
June 2018
Jurassic World Evolution review – fun once the chaos begins
Lesbian reveal was cut out of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, claims actor
Box office analysis: UK
Hereditary takes advantage as World Cup scares off major Hollywood releases
Mad hair. Russian owners. Is Jurassic World 2’s meanest dinosaur really Donald Trump?
Box office analysis: UK
Jurassic World sequel stomps to the year's second biggest opening
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom review – tropes as dated as the dinos
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom review – dino-flaws galore in series headed for extinction
May 2018
Steve Rose on film
Jurassic World: why Hollywood monsters have lost their bite
Now more empathic than ever, could film’s fantastic beasts be doing themselves out of a job?
The 10 hottest films of summer 2018
From the Jurassic World and Mamma Mia! sequels to indie horror, a proper romcom – and a massive shark – Observer writers pick the must-see releases of the season
Finally, a video game that lets you run your own Jurassic Park
Can Jurassic World Evolution break the curse of the terrible licensed movie-game?
December 2017
The most exciting blockbusters of 2018
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom – watch the first full trailer of the dinosaur sequel online