Page count: 515 [excluding an interview with Matthew Reilly about The Great Zoo of China]

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd

Dr Cassandra Jane ‘CJ’ Cameron is the world’s leading experts in large reptiles. CJ is asked to inspect a new zoo in China for National Geographic. With her brother and photographer Hamish in tow, CJ joins a tour group including reporters for The New York Times, the US Ambassador to China, his aide and various Great Zoo of China staff.

The big reveal is made and the group discover what makes this zoo so great. Dragons. Hundreds of dragons, held by technology. However, when the captive dragons sabotage and outsmart the technology, CJ must use her wits and experience to save her countrymen, her brother, and herself.

Continue reading The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly (2014) →

Director:
Sid Bennett

Starring:
Richard Dillane, Peter Brooke, Matthew Kane, Abena Ayivor, Stephen Jennings, Andre Weideman, Natasha Loring

Running time:
83 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Jurassic Park, Chronicle, Anaconda

Jonathan Marchant (Dillane) is a renowned explorer who heads off, with his film crew and stow-away son, to investigate claims of mokele mbembe, the Congo’s version of the Loch Ness monster. When their plane crashes then explodes, they discover that a mythical plesiosaur isn’t their only cause for concern in the jungle.

Continue reading The Dinosaur Project (2012) →

Director:
Joseph J. Lawson

Starring:
Treat Williams, Jillian Rose Reed, Ronny Cox

Other notable appearances:
Plenty of pissed-off prehistoric puppets

Running time:
88 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
The Dinosaur Project or have ever wondered what would have happened if Jurassic Park had a really low budget

A biotech company makes the leap from healing burn victims to reconstructing dinosaurs from a single piece of DNA. During the grand unveiling of the 16 dinosaurs (comprised of carnotaurs, ceratosaurs and pteranodons), something goes wrong and the dinosaurs manage to break free from their enclosure.

With the original dinosaurs on the loose and more on their way, it’s up to former Los Angeles Firefighter Gabe Jacobs (Williams) to save his daughter Jade (Reed) from the Rage of the Dinosaurs.

Continue reading Rage of the Dinosaurs [US Title Age of Dinosaurs] (2013) →