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...originator of two beloved film franchises, Lucas is the object of diatribes by writers who refer to themselves, with remarkable self-awareness, as "crazed fan" or "fanboy tool." With two more entries from the Lucas canon out this summer, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and an animated movie and series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, due in August, Lucas' open letter mailbag should be overflowing by Labor...
...thousands, journalists at the Cannes Film Festival lined up two hours in advance in eager expectation of that special moment: when they would be the first people in the world to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, fourth in the adventure series that began with Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981 and the first since The Last Crusade 19 years ago. Inside the Grand Palais, the crowd's mood was more World Cup Final than movie premiere. Some revelers trumpeted the first four notes of John Williams' signature theme, and others responded with the next...
...conscientious member of the Cannes critics' corps will see five or six new films a day. We're meant to attend all 21 features in competition for the Palme d'Or, plus special screenings (like Sunday's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), and another 20 or so in the sidebar program called Un Certain Regard. But there are times when a Pied Piper stands outside our classroom, luring us to play hooky...
...capers that will cost hundreds of lives and add exactly nothing to the lore of civilization. (And, in three of the four movies, he comes home empty-handed.) But heck, it's an adventure movie; leave all ethnic scruples home. Scholars of antiquity will be pleased to know that Crystal Skull - with its runic inscriptions, vanished languages, hidden caves and dreadful secrets - is the archaeolog-iest Indy film yet. In fact, the movie is a little plot-heavy around the middle. It seems more determined to tell a complicated story than to use a story as the excuse...
...David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson cope with middle age in their X Files movie later this summer. They may suffer from the occasional creaking joints of Crystal Skull. (And, truth to tell, there was more applause here at the beginning of the screening than at the end.) But they'd be hard-pressed to inhabit the sleek, satisfying adventure that three septuagenarians and their pals dreamed up here. There's a moment in the film where Mutt sees Indy negotiate some really cool bit of action, and the kid can't help mouth a "Wow." That's the right response...