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Sam Neill

October 2023

  • Scarygirl film still

    Scarygirl review – Tim Minchin, Deborah Mailman and Sam Neill add star power to tedious animation

    Heartfelt adventure film about a young girl overcoming her fears has half-baked environmental messages and mistakes colour for creativity

August 2023

  • Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Laura Dern and Sam Neill in Jurassic Park (1993).

    Jurassic Park review – Steven Spielberg’s meaty dino-fest is as delicious as ever

    The classic movie’s unforgettable performances and CGI effects remain glorious 30 years after its original release

June 2023

  • Original Film Title: JURASSIC PARK. English Title: JURASSIC PARK. Film Director: STEVEN SPIELBERG. Year: 1993. Stars: RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH; JEFF GOLDBLUM; LAURA DERN; SAM NEILL. Credit: AMBLIN/UNIVERSAL / CLOSE, MURRAY / Album<br>P0GYK1 Original Film Title: JURASSIC PARK. English Title: JURASSIC PARK. Film Director: STEVEN SPIELBERG. Year: 1993. Stars: RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH; JEFF GOLDBLUM; LAURA DERN; SAM NEILL. Credit: AMBLIN/UNIVERSAL / CLOSE, MURRAY / Album

    Jurassic Park at 30: Spielberg’s sleek blockbuster remains a grave warning

    The director’s frightening and frenetic adventure is an ever-relevant example of hubris and the danger of greedy industrialism

April 2023

  • Assassin Club.

    Assassin Club review – trashy hitman runaround is generic multiplex filler

  • Sam Neill and Patrick Gibson in The Portable Door.

    The Portable Door review – Harry Potter-ish YA fantasy carried by hardworking cast

March 2023

  • Sam Neill at his home and vineyard, Two Paddocks in Alexandra, New Zealand

    Best reads of 2023
    Sam Neill on his new memoir and living with blood cancer: ‘I’m not afraid to die, but it would annoy me’

    The New Zealand actor’s new memoir reveals that he has been ‘crook’ with blood cancer and will need chemo for the rest of his life. But relaxing on his farm, he is philosophical. ‘Dying? I couldn’t care less,’ he says
  • Sam Neill

    Sam Neill: Jurassic Park actor reveals he is being treated for stage-three blood cancer

    Exclusive: Neill underwent chemotherapy after being diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma
  • A selection of new Australian books to look forward to in March.

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    ‘Sensual’, ‘revelatory’, ‘delicious’: the best Australian books out in March

    Each month, Guardian Australia editors and critics pick out the upcoming titles they’ve already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

February 2023

  • Kate Mulvany as Kate Lawson, an artist accused of murder, and Sam Neill as Brett Colby who defends her in court.

    TV review
    The Twelve review – even Sam Neill can’t save this legal melodrama

    The Jurassic Park star delivers a seasoned performance in this Australian show following a murder jury. Shame it’s full of soapy subplots and histrionic plotting

June 2022

  • Suspect Kate (Kate Mulvany) and barrister Brett (Sam Neill) in The Twelve

    The Twelve review – Australian courtroom drama is tepidly interesting

    With Sam Neill, Brooke Satchwell and Brendan Cowell, Foxtel’s starry new series has its moments but feels like it is working too hard to hold your attention
  • Jurassic World Dominion.

    Mark Kermode's film of the week
    Jurassic World Dominion review – prehistory repeats itself

    The dino blockbuster whimpers to a close as Colin Trevorrow’s third instalment of the long-running beastie franchise chooses to play it safe
  • Jurassic World Dominion.

    Jurassic World Dominion review – time to drop the dead dino

    A dead-eyed Chris Pratt presides over this convoluted mess of Bond-style villains and toothless action that even the original cast can’t save from extinction

June 2021

  • Daisy Quokka (Signature Entertainment) Press publicity film still

    Daisy Quokka: World’s Scariest Animal review – too cute for the competition

    Angourie Rice’s plucky marsupial takes on some fierce opponents, but the character design overeggs the Care Bear style

February 2021

  • Sam Neill in Rams.

    Rams review – Aussie remake of a dour Icelandic delight

    Sam Neill and Michael Caton star as the feuding, sheep-farming brothers in this sunny repurposing of Grímur Hákonarson’s 2015 hit black comedy

October 2020

  • Sam Neill in Rams

    Rams review – Sam Neill and Michael Caton's unpretentious sheep farmers will move ewe

    Don’t judge this warm, funny, tender and down-to-earth rural drama about odd-couple brothers by its garish marketing materials

July 2020

  • Neill in 2017 … ‘A real-life dinosaur is a compelling thing to someone who has devoted his life to them.’

    Sam Neill: 'Twitter has become toxic. We don't need someone else shouting'

    The veteran film star has been cheering people up online during lockdown. He talks about the mini-films he has been posting, the joy of wine – and why he is returning to Jurassic Park

May 2020

  • Sam Neill posts one of his online cooking sessions.

    Sam Neill: ‘I should be at Pinewood. The Jurassic World III sets are there waiting’

    The actor talks about shunning fame, putting his latest movie on hold … and playing Radiohead’s Creep on the ukulele

April 2020

  • A masterclass in tension and release … Jurassic Park, 1993.

    My favourite film aged 12
    My favourite film when I was 12: Jurassic Park

    Continuing our series in which writers revisit childhood movie passions, Stuart Heritage recalls wishing the dinosaurs could talk – until he was caught by the epic film-making

December 2019

  • Aacta award winners Sam Neill, Deborah Mailman and Damon Herriman.

    Aacta awards 2019 winners: The Nightingale and Total Control dominate Australian screen awards

    Deborah Mailman and Rachel Griffiths recognised for ABC TV drama, while Jennifer Kent’s colonial horror film sweeps film categories

September 2019

  • Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern in Jurassic Park

    Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern and Sam Neill reunite for third Jurassic World film

    The three original Jurassic Park stars will join the latest sequel, to be directed by Jurassic World’s Colin Trevorrow
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