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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...
...today's prime movie audience, which hadn't yet been born. Trying to catch the old lightning is a daunting challenge for the series' producer, George Lucas (now 64); its director, Steven Spielberg (61); and its star, Harrison Ford (65). They acknowledge as much in an early Crystal Skull scene, when Indy and his sometime pal Mac (Ray Winstone) come up against a convoy of tough Russians. "This ain't gonna be easy," Mac says, and Indy replies, "Not as easy as it used...
...Jeff Nathanson) have something sexier in mind: Irina Spalko, played by Cate Blanchett with a feline purr and the fabulous posture of military-movie villains. Irina wants to cloud American minds by getting access to a secret technology that is concealed either in the Area 51 warehouse where Crystal Skull begins or in the remotest jungle mountains of Peru during the film's last hour. "We will change you, Mr. Jones," she proclaims. "We will turn you into...
...whip crack. Indeed, he seems sprightlier than much of the movie. There are scenes that play like stretching exercises at the retirement home; there are garrulous passages while Indy translates runic inscriptions; even the title seems a few words too long. It takes about an hour for Crystal Skull to deliver on its promise of chic, robust, familiar entertainment...