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It’s 22 years since Spielberg’s original adventure, but does the fourth movie in the series have teeth? Critic Nicholas Barber gives his verdict.
Jurassic Park is open for business – and it’s about time, too. It was always a let-down that the first two sequels to Steven Spielberg’s original film were set in an uninhabited jungle environment, rather than the fully-functioning theme park promised by the title. Partly it was disappointing because a new setting would have moved the story on, whereas the sequels were essentially remakes of 1993’s blockbuster. But mainly it was disappointing because it made no sense. I mean, why hadn’t the park opened its doors? True, it had had a few teething problems, mostly involving Tyrannosaurus Rex teeth, but come on: an island stocked with real, live dinosaurs? Who wouldn’t want to go there?

Roman Polanski has been given one of Poland's top film awards in Krakow, where he is also facing a US extradition request over 1977 charges of having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
The director was handed the Against the Current award at the Off Camera film festival on Friday.
The 81-year-old, who grew up in the city during World War Two, said he was "extremely touched" by the honour.
He is due back in court in Krakow for another hearing on 22 May.
Polanski has been wanted by US police since 1977, when he fled the country fearing a lengthy jail sentence after being charged with having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
The Rosemary's Baby director was held in Switzerland in 2009 after travelling to Zurich to pick up a prize at another film festival, but the extradition bid failed and he was eventually allowed to return to his home in France.

Last Week, Vin Diesel announced the birth of his new daughter with longtime girlfriend Paloma Jimenez. Now, the actor revealed that her name is a tribute to his late friend and "Fast and the Furious" series co-star, Paul Walker. "I named her Pauline," Diesel said in an interview with the "Today" show on Monday.
"He was in the room," Diesel told Natalie Morales. "There's no other person that I was thinking about as I was cutting this umbilical cord. I just ... knew he was there... It felt like, you know, a way to keep his memory a part of my family and a part of my world."

British actor Eddie Redmayne has won the best actor Oscar for The Theory of Everything, while Julianne Moore picked up best actress for Still Alice.
Redmayne thanked his "staggering partner in crime", co-star Felicity Jones, and his "ferocious but incredibly kind director James Marsh".
Dark comedy Birdman won best film and best director for Mexican film-maker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.
It also won best cinematography and best original screenplay.
The film sees Michael Keaton play a former movie superhero actor, who hopes to revive his washed-up career by putting on a Broadway play.
Moore used her speech to raise awareness for Alzheimer's disease - in Still Alice, she plays a 50-year-old who has early on-set Alzheimer's.
"I'm so happy, I'm thrilled that we were able to shine a light on Alzheimer's disease," she said.