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Indiana Jones

Pan movie review: a disaster of fantastically epic proportions

Wed, Oct 14, 2015
25 comments

An embarrassingly empty pastiche of numerous beloved action blockbusters, all frenetic action and soulless mishmashes of fantasy imagery.

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what it means to be a woman who loves movies

Mon, Mar 31, 2014
55 comments

It requires an extra suspension of disbelief beyond what men have to engage in…

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girls just wanna be superheroes

Fri, Mar 28, 2014
10 comments

No one daydreams about standing on the sidelines watching someone else have all the fun. We want to do things ourselves!

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty review: Ben Stiller’s excellent adventure

Mon, Dec 23, 2013
16 comments

An airy fairy tale, buoyed by an infectious joy, about the very modern, bittersweetly pragmatic ache that comes with maintaining your soul and integrity as the world falls apart around you.

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George Lucas and Steven Spielberg’s Raiders brainstorming… read it all

Wed, Apr 03, 2013
6 comments

The thing that really gets me about this: the almost unimaginable luxury of having five days to just sit around brainstorming creative stuff…

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just when you think you’ve heard all the horrible racist crap the world has yet invented… (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Feb 01, 2013
10 comments

Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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Inigo Montoya upsets air travelers (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Jan 25, 2013
1 comment

Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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Indiana Jones journal mystery solved!

Tue, Dec 18, 2012
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It’s part art project gone astray, part awesome boost to the United States Postal Service…

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question of the day: Who sent the mysterious package to the University of Chicago addressed to Indiana Jones?

Fri, Dec 14, 2012
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Is it some sort of interactive art project or game? Is it a marketing thing? How could someone do something so incredibly full of awesome and then just give it away anonymously?

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we now have the plot for Indiana Jones 5 (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Sep 28, 2012
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Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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