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Indiana Jones

A collection of 13 posts

On Books & Writing

Is there a better review of Raiders on the Internet?

C.S. Lewis once said, "An unliterary man may be defined as one who reads books once only." Ah, but there are so many books! How does one decide which volumes to read a second time? Lewis's line might be revised to apply to moviegoers: Those

On Movies & Media

Indiana Jones and the Pirate Muppets of Dagobah

Today, Disney took control of the Indiana Jones franchise. So I challenged my friends to see who could come up with the best title for Indiana Jones V. Here are a few of their suggestions...

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Indiana Jones and the Fall of My Favorite Hero, Part Three: Oh, My Aching Skulls!

As it turned out, Crystal Skull was amusing but disappointing, underlining Raiders' strengths as unique, the kind of adventure storytelling we were unlikely to see again on the big screen.

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Indiana Jones and the Fall of My Favorite Hero, Part Two: The Biggest Loser

Perhaps it’s not so much Indy’s virtues or successes that distinguish him. Consider, instead, his failures. Has there ever been a hero so prone to failure as Indiana Jones?

Indiana Jones and the Fall of My Favorite Hero, Part One: King of Heroes?

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Indiana Jones and the Fall of My Favorite Hero, Part One: King of Heroes?

On June 12, 1981, moviegoers watched Indiana Jones disarm a gunslinging traitor with one swift lash of his bullwhip. The bloodied villain, caught red-handed (literally), fled, and we saw Harrison Ford’s glare smolder beneath the brim of that fedora for the first time. We knew he meant business.

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My Kind of Loser.

To continue this week of celebrating the 30th anniversary of my favorite adventure movie, here's an excerpt from my memoir of dangerous moviegoing... the book called Through a Screen Darkly: • The Paramount Studios logo — a crooked, rocky peak — fades out, replaced by a real-world equivalent, a stone pinnacle

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30 years later, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is Still, For a Lot of Moviegoers (Including Me), the Big Screen's Greatest Adventure.

Apparently, I'm not the only one... Here's Ryan Holt: They had forgotten how violent the film actually is, but my interest level was so high that they lacked the heart to turn the film off. So the three of us sat there, and I, who was

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The Kindlings Muse Reviews "Prince Caspian," "Indiana Jones," "Mongol," and More

For all of those people who wrote to me asking, "What do you think of Bella? Isn't it great? Don't you love it? Isn't it the best movie of the year?" Well, I've finally delivered a review. It's

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What Does Indiana Jones Mean to You?

One week from today, I'll be seeing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Time for me to put aside the heavier viewing fare and relive the joys of being a wide-eyed teenager. In my opinion, Raiders of the Lost Ark is the finest adventure film

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Marion Returns

I can't tell you how happy this photo makes me. Marion Ravenwood is on the set of Indy IV. (Hollywood Elsewhere)

Frank Darabont on Horror Movies and His Rejected Indy Script

Two highlights of the new MTV interview with Frank "Shawshank Redemption" Darabont, who is directing Stephen King's The Mist: Darabont: The torture-porn thing is pretty distasteful. I'm just not into it. Horror unfortunately tends to go in these cycles where it puts itself back

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Indiana Jones, Part 4: Can they? Should they?

They like it! They really like it! ComingSoon.net reports that George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have both finally agreed upon a new script for a fourth Indiana Jones film... one written by Jeff Nathanson. And that leaves fans with one super-sized question.... HOW DO WE STOP THEM? Nathanson wrote