My humiliation lasted longer than Six Days, Seven Nights. »

Is there a movie that you would simply delete from history if you could? Just travel back in time, knock off the screenwriter and then watch the movie’s IMDB page fade away into the space-time continuum?
We’ve all got these, right? Historically speaking, we’d all have been better off if some movies just didn’t exist. [...]

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Really, how important would a “story” have been to Indiana Jones V, anyway? »

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 [...]

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Textbook example of “diluting the brand” here, kids. »

At first, I’d never been more proud. There we were, my three boys and me, strolling through the supermarket when two-year-old Michael Corleone blurts out:

Daddy, daddy, LOOK. Indiana Jones! Indiana Jones!

My heart swells with that rare rush of fatherly love and movie dork – what kind of a brilliant young son do I have who [...]

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Indiana Jones and the Boring Review That I’m Too Sad To Create A Clever Title For. »

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 [...]

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Mildly amusing movie still juxtaposition #7 – plus bonus caption contest! »

Leave the least appropriate comment you can conjure down in the comments. No extra points given for tastefulness.
Made of Honor – if you’re desperate to know – assaults our sense on May 2nd. Indiana Jones opens May 22.
(Stills courtesy of RopeofSilicon.com – Made of Honor here and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal [...]

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Indiana Jones and the Overly Obvious Plot Conventions »

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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Just how many copywriters were harmed in the creation of the Indiana Jones one-sheet? »

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 [...]

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