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Thoughts on the Return of Indiana Jones

I saw Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull yesterday, and I can’t say that it was bad. I enjoyed much of it: in fact, the entire first sequence was more pure, unadulterated fun than I’ve had in the movies in a while. From the point when the Paramount mountain [...]

Bad News (Maybe) for Indy Fans

Well, it had to happen — several reviews of Indy’s newest outing have hit the fan, and they aren’t all that pretty. The worst one has been posted at Ain’t It Cool News by someone who calls himself (or herself) ShogunMaster:
. . . this is the Indiana Movie that you were dreading. During the [...]

Blade Runner: The Final, Final, Director’s Cut

By my estimation, Sir Ridley Scott has made two of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time. I’m talking, of course, about Alien and Blade Runner. Whatever misanthropic, bloated epics he’s made since then–see Kingdom of Heaven–I’ll always love him for that.
And now, Blade Runner is available in a shiny new, 25th Anniversary [...]