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Box Office Bomb month 4 – Strange World
This blog post could also double as Disney Animated Movies 61, but I think I’m done with being a completionist in that sense. I enjoy doing these theme months enough that I’m no longer going to look at every single … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure movie, box office bomb, dennis quaid, disney, disney animated movies, disney animation studios, don hall, jaboukie young-white, jake gyllenhaal, karen soni, movie review, movies, qui nguyen, sci-fi, sci-fi movie, science fiction, strange world
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Jumanji month 2 – Zathura: A Space Adventure
Jumanji is generally considered a classic movie, and both of the recent reboot movies are generally liked. Zathura: A Space Adventure is another board-game based adventure movie, based on a book written by Chris Van Allsburg. It is technically the … Continue reading
Indiana Jones movies 4 – Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The first three Indiana Jones movies all released within the 1980’s. I don’t remember where I read this theory from, but there’s a theory where film sequels should either be released within 5 years of its predecessor, or at least … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure movie, aliens, cate blanchett, cgi, cold war, david koepp, george lucas, harrison ford, hawaii, iguaza falls, indiana jones, indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull, irina spalko, jim broadbent, john hurt, karen allen, kingdom of the crystal skull, Lawrence Kasdan, marion, movie review, movies, mutt williams, paramount pictures, razzie, sci-fi, science fiction, shia labeouf, soviet union, steven spielberg, young indiana jones chronicles
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Indiana Jones movies 3: The Last Crusade
Even though Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was a huge financial success, the controversy and mixed reception surrounding it made director Steven Spielberg feel guilty. After the mixed reception, Spielberg decided to complete the trilogy, not just to … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, adolph hitler, adventure movie, alison doody, bbc, chris columbus, comedy, denholm elliot, diane thomas, elsa schnieder, ernst bogel, frank marshall, george lucas, harrison ford, henry jones jr., henry jones sr., holy grail, indiana jones, indiana jones and the last crusade, jeffrey boam, john rhys-davies, jordan, julian glover, kazim, kervork malikyan, marcus brody, menno meyjes, michael byrne, monkey king, movie review, movies, nazis, petra, roger ebert, sallah, spain, steven spielberg, the last crusade, the new republic, the rolling stone, venice, village voice, washington post, world war 2
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Indiana Jones Movies 2: Temple of Doom
The first Indiana Jones movie is often considered up there with the greatest adventure movies of all-time. Its prequel, The Temple of Doom, has its own unique impact on the cinematic industry. It’s one of two movies largely responsible for … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure movie, amrish puri, china, george lucas, gloria katz, hindu, india, indiana jones, indiana jones and the temple of doom, kali, kate capshaw, ke huy quan, mola ram, movie review, movies, pat roach, roger ebert, short round, slavery, steven spielberg, temple of doom, thuggee, willard huyck, willie scott
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Indiana Jones movies 1 – Raiders of the Lost Ark
Last year, I looked at all of the Star Ware movies, going through most of them in the spring, and looking at Solo much later. Indiana Jones shares a bit of history with the Star Wars franchise. Also as a … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, adventure movie, arc of the covenant, archeology, belloq, egypt, george lucas, harrison ford, indiana jones, indiana jones and the raiders of the lost ark, john rhys-davies, john williams, karen allen, Lawrence Kasdan, lucasfilm, marion, movie review, movies, new york times, paramount pictures, paul freeman, philip kaufman, raiders march, raiders of the lost ark, roger ebert, roland lacey, rotten tomatoes, steven spielberg, sullah, world war 2, ww2
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Pixar Movies 10 – Up
We’ve reached the exact half-way point in Pixar’s released film catalogue, which also means we’re reaching the end of Pixar’s own Golden Age. It was a period where they earned the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature four times in … Continue reading
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Tagged a christmas carol, academy award, adventure movie, animated, animated movies, animation, bob peterson, Canaima National Park, carl, casablanca, cgi, disney, dug, dumbo, ellie, golden globe, Joe Grant, michael giacchino, monte roraima, movie review, movies, pete docter, peter pan, pixar, pixar movies, roger ebert, rotten tomatoes, russell, spencer tracey, the wizard of oz, up, Venezuela
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Disney Animated Movies 48 – Bolt
I talked a bit about how Disney bought Pixar in early 2006 in my previous post. Although John Lasseter did help improve Meet The Robinsons a bit, he took over the entire animation department a bit too late in production … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure movie, animated, animated movies, animation, bolt, byron howard, cgi, chris sanders, chris williams, comedy, disney, disney revival, disney studios, dr. calico, edward hopper, john lasseter, john travolta, malcom mcdowell, miley cyrus, mittens, movies, penny, pixar, rhino, rotten tomatoes, the truman show
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