I pretty much got nothin’ in the way of actual movie news or insight this week, folks, so instead please enjoy Burbanked’s First Annual Christmas Elf Dance-Tacular:

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(made at the ever-terrific JibJab; found via SpoutBlog)

Dedicated screenwriting 101 here: From an interview with Harrison Ford on the MTV Movies Blog in which the inevitability of another Indiana Jones movie is mentioned:

MTV: Is the ball in George’s court at this point?

Ford: It is. That’s the process. With some general input he goes off and searches for the MacGuffin and then stumbles [...]

As I’ve mentioned and speculated again, writer-director Frank Darabont’s rejected Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods draft has reached near-mythic heights of speculation around the bloguverse over the last year or so by fanboys such as myself who wondered why Lucas rejected it and what would come of the final product.
Of course, now [...]

I’m about to lead off with a spoiler, so if you haven’t seen the movie, don’t read this article.
There’s a scene right after the extended opening sequence of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull that, I thought, was the best, most perfect jumping-off point for what was to come and I was [...]

But Jones would realize too late that the cleric had deliberately lied to him. Tasting the primordial goo of the Mystical Orb of the Jade Serpent did not grant renewed health and heightened awareness – only madness and, ironically, rampant alcoholism instead. On this day, fortune and glory would come at a tragic cost indeed.
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Unlike last time, I don’t plan to get all negative and cranky about the new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull one-sheet that most of my blogging colleagues have already ranted and raved about. After all, this is a terrific poster, completely in line with those created by Drew Struzan for the [...]

I’ve mentioned many, many times in these pages my great affection and affinity for the Indiana Jones character and all three movies created in the franchise. I truly believe that they represent among the best that cinema has to offer, and I hold them deeply in my heart because of what spectacular, precious gems they [...]