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Directed by Jon Favreau Sony Pictures Entertainment 3 stars Somewhere between kissing Brad Pitt in “Interview with a Vampire” and dating Peter Parker in “Spider-Man,” Kirsten Dunst had a cuter performance in “Jumanji,” a film that is probably only remembered for a bewilderingly scary performance by Robin Williams. “Zathura,” a pseudo-sequel to “Jumanji,” is thankfully nothing like its predecessor. The premise is the same, but this is an entirely...
...industry, and the authors know whereof they speak. Grazer wrote the screenplay for Stepmom and is married to Brian Grazer, the Academy Award--winning producer of A Beautiful Mind. Cort's bio boasts that he has produced a whopping 52 films, including, alas, Three Men and a Baby and Jumanji. Despite their shared insider status, the two have very different takes on their hometown...
...career that began with a Kix cereal commercial at age 3 and spans three dozen movie and TV roles. At age 12, she appeared as the creepy little girl in 1994's Interview with the Vampire; she spent her adolescence learning her craft in diverse movies like Jumanji, Wag the Dog and The Virgin Suicides. After seeing footage of Dunst's strung-out scenes in Crazy/Beautiful, Disney executives called Stockwell to make sure their star wasn't actually partaking at work. "Before I would say, 'Action,' she'd be Kiki--perky and bright-eyed," recalls Stockwell. "Then cameras would roll...
Calley also gets credit for saving the big summer '98 film, Godzilla, and he plans a slew of sequels and recyclings. He has approved follow-ups to My Best Friend's Wedding, Jumanji and Bad Boys. Naturally you'll see more Men in Black. And, as Calley observes, "we can make Zorro forever if it works." His plans also include another Ghostbusters installment and movie versions of such TV shows as I Dream of Jeannie and Bewitched. He even threatens a Charlie's Angels for the big screen...
...technology that brought digitized dinosaurs to life in Jurassic Park has not advanced considerably, Spielberg notes, "but the artistry of the creative computer people has--they graduated from freshmen to the senior class by making movies like Casper and Jumanji. There's better detail, much better lighting, better muscle tone and movement in the animals. When a dinosaur transfers weight from his left side to his right, the whole movement of fat and sinew is smoother, more physiologically correct." Adds Industrial Light & Magic computer-graphics ace Dennis Muren: "We built the instrument for the first movie; on this...