Ain’t It Cool…No It Ain’t
So, about a year ago, a semi-popular geek movie critic named Devin Faraci was accused of some pretty serious sexual harassment. He had some deep ties in the Austin Film…
Month: September 2017
In Search of White People (Allen Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold, 1986)
Pretty sure this sequel was greenlit before the previous film hit theaters, hoping to have a franchise. For Chamberlain and Stone, this was the end of the road. Everything that…
To a Pulp (King Solomon’s Mines, 1985)
To cash in on Indiana Jones, Cannon Films produced this film based on the pulp works of H. Rider Haggard. King Solomon’s Mines has been adapted more than once, both…
Why Did It Have to Be Aliens? (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,2008)
Or…Indy Gets Old. Lucas envisioned a new Indiana Jones trilogy, with one change. Where the first three films focused on religious and supernatural artifacts, the new films would focus on…
Choose Your Adventure Wisely (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, 1989)
After the criticism of Temple of Doom, Lucas and Spielberg opted to return to Judeo Christian artifacts. This time was far more myth, in that they search for the Holy…
Love Is Illness (The Big Sick, 2017)
The Big Sick is a fictionalized account of the beginning of the relationship of comedian Kumail Nanjiani and his wife, writer/producer Emily V. Gordon. Kumail plays himself while Zoe Kazan…
The Adventure Continues (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 1984)
Of course, Indy had to return. And Spielberg and Lucas have returned, with longtime Lucas collaborator Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz providing the script. The film opens with a musical number…
The Adventure Begins (Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981)
1981 was the meeting of two titans. Steven Spielberg had thrilled the world with Jaws and two years later George Lucas had started to take over the world with Star…
