‘Iron Man,’ ‘Dark Knight’ Lead People’s Choice Nominees

November 10, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

How heroic. “Iron Man” will battle “The Dark Knight” and “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” for favorite movie at the 35th annual People’s Choice Awards.

Who else is up for the hardware?

George Lucas: Harrison Ford Is The Only ‘Indiana Jones’

August 07, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

George Lucas says he’s already identified the one person who can keep the “Indiana Jones” franchise going: Harrison Ford.

The filmmaker scoffed at the possibility of passing the famed fedora from Ford to Shia LaBeouf, the 22-year-old actor who played Indy’s son Mutt Williams in this summer’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.”

‘Indiana Jones’ Earns $311 Million Worldwide

May 26, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

The most recent Indiana Jones film more than recouped its big budget with an estimated $311 million in global box office sales through the long weekend, according to studio estimates Monday.

Families went in droves to catch “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” a PG-13 adventure starring Harrison Ford as the whip-cracking archaeologist who took 19 years to return to the big screen.

‘Indiana Jones’ Earns $56 Million In First Two Days At Box Office

May 25, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

He may be older, but Indiana Jones is still finding box office treasure. Paramount’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” the fourth film in the action-adventure series starring Harrison Ford, earned $56 million in its first two days, Media By Numbers president Paul Dergarabedian said.

Members Of Russia’s Communist Party Call For ‘Indiana Jones’ Boycott

May 24, 2008

MOSCOW, Russia

Members of Russia’s Communist Party are calling for a nationwide boycott of the new Indiana Jones movie, saying it aims to undermine communist ideology and distort history.

MovieMantz Review: ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’

May 19, 2008

by Scott Mantz

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

As Harrison Ford’s most famous alter ego, Indiana Jones, once said, “It’s not just the years, honey, it’s the mileage.”

And if you lower your expectations, then you’re bound to get a lot of mileage out of Indy’s fourth adventure, “The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.” It’s not a masterpiece by any means, like 1981’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” and it falls a bit short of that’s blockbuster’s very entertaining sequels, 1984’s “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and 1989’s “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.”

But for a film series that supposedly came to a close 19 years ago, “Crystal Skull” is an exciting movie that lives up to the high standards set by its predecessors.

‘Indiana Jones’ Debut Survives Cannes Critics

May 18, 2008

CANNES, France

Indiana Jones received louder applause going in than he did coming out.

His latest adventure, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” earned a respectful — though far from glowing — reception Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival, avoiding the sort of thrashing the event’s harsh critics gave to “The Da Vinci Code” two years ago.