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[jasonaaronpro]

A Killer Duo in the Studio: Don Becker & Topher Chambers on “Night Talkers” 🎬🧛‍♂️

Get ready for thrills with Don Becker & Topher Chambers! Join us as they reveal the making of Night Talkers & their Oct 14 VIP Premiere! 🧛🎬

This week on IN the Loop, we’re joined by Don Becker and Topher Chambers, the creative masterminds behind the chilling new horror film, Night Talkers. These versatile talents bring an impressive background – Don, a Marine veteran and retired Foreign Service officer, and Topher, an archaeologist-turned-writer/director. Together, they discuss what it takes to bring horror stories to life on the big…

[itsfullofstars]

George Lucas and his dog Indiana, who inspired the Wookiees and Indiana Jones.

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George Lucas with his dog Indiana (1975)

[sufiiiiiiii]

If beauty with brain had a face

Phoebe Waller-Bridge at Cannes

[nero-neptune]

“Good movies are always better when you watch them with someone.” - Ed Chigliak (Northern Exposure)

[guillotineman]

Steven Spielberg | Eyes

[jonathanrogersartist]

*cough* I am a writer and filmmaker, who has a short film coming out on YouTube this October, just in time for Halloween. It's a pulp adventure story, my loving homage to films that I grew up on like Indiana Jones and The Mummy 1999, and a tribute to the genre as a whole. This is the official trailer that dropped last month.

[yepthatsacowalright]

I know it's mostly just me and 3.5 others shouting into the void about Eerie Indiana at any given time and I'm trying to be chill about it, but I just rewatched ep 8 Broken Record and dude. DUDE. Without getting into spoilers...a milk truck gets wrecked in this episode. "The biggest milk truck crash in the history of Eerie," Marshall says. "The whole town came out to look."

As the camera moves down and into the growing crowd, and if you're paying attention, you will see how true that statement actually turns out to be. Take these multi-colored vintage ladies for example? And this robed man in shades?

They are Marshall's neighbors, who tried to sell his mom Foreverware in ep 1:

and the guy on Marshall's paper route (aka the guy who gave Marshall girl advice in ep 7, aka faked-his-death Elvis Presley):

Also this guy in the orange jumpsuit? And the kid in the letterman jacket?

are a Bureau of the Lost employee from ep 4:

and Marshall's friend Eddie from ep 3:

and don't worry - Eddie's buddy, Nick (in the black backwards baseball cap above) also made it to the scene of the milk truck crime:

I wouldn't be surprised if I missed anyone. (I suspect the set of twins are also the same ep 1 set of twins, too.) And they are intermingled with a bunch of properly random people who just...wander. They walk from left to right across the frame...then right to left. There's a man with a tuba who I'm pretty sure aimlessly and inexplicably walks through every shot at least once. I am just obsessed with how much extra thought went into planting these people in the background for the bit, then having what they're doing in it not even make sense. Because when your show is about the Center of Weirdness For The Entire Planet you can lean so hard into continuity issues that you come full circle and it's perfect again. I love

this showwwww

[filmcourage]

If You Don't Have Money Or Connections... Can You Be A Filmmaker? - J. Horton

Watch the video interview on Youtube here.

[the-celluloid-correspondent]

INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY MOVIE REVIEW

Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter, he soon finds himself squaring off against the Nazis.

Why does Kathline Kennedy continue to think that taking legendary characters and turning them into bitter, depressed, old men and only for them to be outdone and replaced by a young, British woman is a good idea. It failed spectacularly with The Last Jedi and you think she would have learned to stop self-inserting her Mary Sue characters into these stories. But nope she fails again with is massive box office bomb.

The more I have thought about the Dial of Destiny the less I enjoy it because to simply state it, it's a mess that is a piss poor excuse for spending over $300 million on. I believe it would be easier to state the positives before I delve into the negatives. This is easily Harrison Ford's best performance as Indiana Jones. He still has that charisma and charm of the iconic character decades later. But his ability to weave the grief and depression his character is facing into his performance is outstanding. Furthermore, Mads Mikkelsen delivers a great performance as the movies main antagonistic. His ability to take paper-thin characters and elevate them to the next level is worthy of much praise. Lastly, John Williams score is out of the park. Despite being in his 90s, he still delivers memorable and powerful scores. Alright that is about it for positives lets get into the negatives.

To state that this story is a mess is a massive understatement. The story is filled with numerous plot contrivances, inconsistent characters, and plot armor. For example, Jones becomes wanted for murder thus forcing him to flee the States. This conflict adds nothing to the story as it is just a device to get Indy out of his shell and for them to call the Nazi cop "trigger-happy Cracker". Not only is it a poor plot device but a very lazy political commentary on police brutality. But what is even more ridiculous is that the movie totally forgets about it by the end as Indy returns home. You think he would still be wanted, but nope they drop the conflict. Another example is during the opening train chase, Mads Mikkelsen character gets smacked in the face by a train light going over 40 MPH. In reality this would have been instant death, but Mikkelsen somehow survives without a single scratch. He should be at least somewhat deformed with a massive scar but nope he looks as handsome as ever. This is worse than surviving a nuclear blast in a fridge.

However, one of the biggest problems this movie faces is Kathline Kennedy's self inserted character of Helena Shaw, played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Now Waller-Bridge does okay job playing the character, but the issue is how she is written and how the story treat her. To state it simply, she is a sociopath that the film plays for female empowerment. She uses Indy at without hesitation to get what she wants. She disregards his feeling and belittles his character, while mocking the death of his colleges and friends. To state that Helena is a horrible person is an understatement. What is even worse is that the movie is totally oblivious to how horrible she is. As a woman I am tired of how Hollywood is writing female characters. The fact that writers believe the only way to write a strong female character is to turn them into the definition of toxic masculinity, is incredibly sexist. You think after so much backlash against these type of characters, Hollywood would finally learn, but again their egos are too big for them to learn from constructive criticism.

As it is becoming more a common practice is Hollywood writing, nostalgia is heavily used here to cover up the questionable storytelling. Whether is bring in Miriam last minute to cover the rushed and obviously re-shot ending, or bringing in Sallah for only a few seconds to cover the fact Sallah knew exactly where Indy was right when someone was about to report him to the police, the use of nostalgia is heavy. When this quality of writing is present, it really makes be question the WGA Strike.

One aspect that was somewhat good were the action pieces. I really enjoyed the opening train chase in Nazi Germany. Though the de-aged Harrison Ford with old Ford's voice was really awkward. Then the following chase during the Astronaut Parade was also really fun. However, the tuk-tuk chase was ridiculous as it was drawn out much longer than what is should have been. Furthermore, seeing an 80 year old Harrison Ford beating guys who are less than half his age, was funny to watch.

Overall, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is a massive disappointment. It's an unneeded film, that is simply a cash grab that is reliant on nostalgia to cover up it's questionable story. If you are like me, then the real ending for this franchise was Indy and company riding off into the sunset at the end of The Last Crusade. Also where were the gruesome and horrifying villain deaths. That was a greatly missed opportunity.

My Rating: C-

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[itsfullofstars]

The Hidden Depths of Raiders of the Lost Ark

On the heels of the new #IndianaJones trailer, check out this sharp analysis of the Hidden depths of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.

The film has lasting resonance because it works on multiple levels, with a supernatural horror element just beneath the surface.

There's also an ongoing theme of faith and belief versus greed and nihilism.

Indy arguably straddles light and dark at the start of the film, but eventually finds his faith and rejects the materialism that drove his quest for artifacts at any cost, that had already taken the life of his competitor Forrestal, and nearly his own life as well many times.

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[jaded-of-mara]

this quote is too #deep and #real for it to be about. sending shia labeouf off to be killed by the viet cong after crystal skulls

[thatgeekwiththeclipons]

Happy 79th Birthday to Academy Award Nominated filmmaker, writer, Emmy Winning producer George Lucas! ^__^

[guillotineman]

80th Golden Globe Awards

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)