Tag Archives: Indiana Jones

DVD review | The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec

Posted on 15 August 2011 by Jason Best

Gallic auteur Luc Besson, best known for slick contemporary thrillers Nikita and Léon, turns his hand to a rollicking period adventure based on a series of comic books by French author Jacques Tardi and set (mostly) in a stylishly recreated … Continue reading →

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The Best view | The Mummy: The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor on DVD

Posted on 1 December 2008 by Jason Best

The terrible events in Mumbai last week were a grim action movie playing in real time on our TV screens. I’m not sure how comfortable I’d feel just now watching a tale of derring-do set in Asia involving guns and … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Indiana Jones shows his age, Mick Jagger struts his stuff, and a new action star rises in the East – All on DVD

Posted on 10 November 2008 by Jason Best

“Not as easy as it used to be,” groans Harrison Ford’s swashbuckling archaeologist after a punishing burst of derring-do in the opening scene of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. A wry acknowledgement of the time that’s … Continue reading →

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Competition | Win Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on DVD

Posted on 3 November 2008 by Jason Best

This competition has now closed.  Harrison Ford may have turned 65 but he still cracks a mean whip in the newest Indiana Jones adventure, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which comes out on DVD on 10th … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings – Loch Ness Terror

Posted on 8 September 2008 by Beth Williams

On Sci-fi tonight at 10pm When I visited Loch Ness a few years ago, I spent quite a while staring at the water, hoping to spot Nessie. Who doesn’t? The Loch Ness monster myth is fascinating and perhaps so popular … Continue reading →

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The Best View – The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Posted on 8 August 2008 by Jason Best

The makers of the wildly lucrative Mummy franchise are flogging a dead corpse. After 1999’s cheesy Indiana Jones knock-off The Mummy, 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns, and two Scorpion King spin-offs, they’ve clearly exhausted the possibilities of digging up any … Continue reading →

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