Crack! Indiana Jones takes whip to doomsayers

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Harlow on Indy 4
Published 5/18/2008 at Hollywood Elsewhere
Harlow on Indy 4 I don't know how the Times Online 's John Harlow managed to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull "last week," unless he put on a hat and a fake beard and snuck into an exhibitor screening. Nonetheless, he's got a "review" up in the Sunday, 5.18 edition. However good or bad Indy 4 is, I'm not going to take Harlow's word. His prose tells you right off he's a relatively easy lay. Harlow spends the first six paragraphs blah-blahing and blowing obsequious journo-farts. He finally gets down to a semblance of business in paragraph #7: "The ...

What Is With The Times Online?
Published 5/18/2008 at The Hot Blog
... After the embarrassingly misreported story on how dangerous Cannes is to Indiana Jones yesterday, The Times Online today offers an alleged first newspaper review of the film... that is nothing close to being a review!!! All they do is drop a few spoilers and indicate that they liked the movie more than the buzz... the buzz that didn't much exist and that they propagated!!! ...

Good News!
Published 5/18/2008 by Perez Hilton at Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton
The first new Indian Jones review is in and….it's positive. Even if the critics hate it, though, the movie is still expected to open huge!

You review: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Published 5/28/2008 by Ben Child at Film: Film blog | guardian.co.uk
... . "This is a slick, fun film that has by no means sacrificed the fast action beats of the first three." "Nineteen long years have done nothing for his dress sense, and nor have they withered his appetite for trouble," writes The Times' James Christopher . "This fantastic Steven Spielberg adventure is a marvellous return to form for Professor Henry Jones Jr. There are Mayan riddles to solve, KGB agents to biff, and one of the greatest - and longest - action chases through the Amazon jungle in the history of cinema." ...