AltWeeklies Wire
Indiana Jones Wants You Damn Kids to Get off His Lawn!new
Harrison Ford is, once again, funny and tough and cool, able to crack a bullwhip and punch out a stooge with the best of 'em. But the film doesn't feel the same. There's CG and sci-fi.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
05-23-2008 |
Reviews
First Shotnew
A decade ago, the big story was every studio's rush to acquire its own boutique indie imprint; now, with the battle of co-optation won and the concept of "independence" thus eradicated in the average moviegoer's mind, those same studios are dropping their junior divisions like they’re hot.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
05-22-2008 |
Movies
How to Stop Worrying and Love Lucas, Spielberg and 'Raiders'new
When I reviewed Raiders, I wrote not so much about its contents -- which struck me as aggressively inane -- but about the experience of seeing it at the Village Twin. To me, everything that night was of a piece, all of it depressing evidence of a tripartite decline.
The New Indiana Jones is More than Commercial Gimcracknew
The pressing challenge of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is for Spielberg to address the generation that grew up with Indiana Jones and may now feel they have outgrown him. But to avoid that fickle self-loathing, Spielberg has to raise their appreciation of action-movie tropes.
New York Press |
Armond White |
05-22-2008 |
Reviews
A Homemade Indiana Jones Movie is Exactly as Amazing as It Soundsnew
Long before Be Kind Rewind sparked a legion of fan films on YouTube, three Mississippi kids crafted what is now known as Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation, an amazing homemade replica of their favorite film.
Willamette Week |
Andy Davis |
04-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Raiders of a Lost Artnew
DIY filmmakers Eric Zala and Chris Strompolos are the men who were the kids behind the painstaking, backyard remake of the first Indiana Jones flick.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
12-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
