The initial reactions to “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” out of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival have made landfall, and critics are calling the movie a fitting end to the beloved franchise – or at least Harrison Ford’s part in it.
“Indy 5’s” official synopsis reads:
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 Jürgen Voller, a former Nazi who works for NASA.
On his fifth outing as “one of cinema’s greatest heroes” – and the first not directed by Steven Spielberg – Ford is joined by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”), Mads Mikkelsen (“Another Round”), Boyd Holbrook (“Narcos”), Shaunette Renée Wilson (“Billions”), Toby Jones (“In Cold Blood”), Antonio Banderas (“Pain and Glory”) and newcomer Ethann Isidore. Mottram calls Mikkelsen’s Wernher von Braun-inspired Nazi rocket scientist the best...
“Indy 5’s” official synopsis reads:
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 Jürgen Voller, a former Nazi who works for NASA.
On his fifth outing as “one of cinema’s greatest heroes” – and the first not directed by Steven Spielberg – Ford is joined by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”), Mads Mikkelsen (“Another Round”), Boyd Holbrook (“Narcos”), Shaunette Renée Wilson (“Billions”), Toby Jones (“In Cold Blood”), Antonio Banderas (“Pain and Glory”) and newcomer Ethann Isidore. Mottram calls Mikkelsen’s Wernher von Braun-inspired Nazi rocket scientist the best...
- 5/19/2023
- by Ronald Meyer
- Gold Derby
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday night. At the glitzy Palais screening, director James Mangold and stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, Boyd Holbrook and Ethann Isidore enjoyed a warm five-minute standing ovation from the crowd. But it was Indy himself, Harrison Ford, who was the center of attention, with the actor visibly moved to tears by the reception.
Not soon after the premiere, the first reviews of the film, which hits theaters on June 30, came trickling in. As of late Thursday, the early critical reaction to the fifth film in the much-loved Indiana Jones franchise has been decidedly mixed.
A common theme among the early reviews is that the film is better than Indy’s last outing, the rather polarizing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull from 2008, but not much better. Many reviewers took issue with digitally de-aging...
Not soon after the premiere, the first reviews of the film, which hits theaters on June 30, came trickling in. As of late Thursday, the early critical reaction to the fifth film in the much-loved Indiana Jones franchise has been decidedly mixed.
A common theme among the early reviews is that the film is better than Indy’s last outing, the rather polarizing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull from 2008, but not much better. Many reviewers took issue with digitally de-aging...
- 5/19/2023
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Somewhere out there in the world are cinephiles and film journalists alike, decked out to the nines in tuxedos and gowns, basking in the glow of having just watched Harrison Ford in the final Indiana Jones movie, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, while mere feet away from French beaches overlooking at the Mediterranean Sea. Sadly, those journalists do not include us.
Nonetheless, it is pleasant to hear that James Mangold’s swan song for Harrison Ford’s signature role engendered a six-minute standing ovation from the people in the room. As you can see in the below tweet, the reaction to Indiana Jones left the crowd jubilant and Harrison Ford in tears as he accepted the cheers on the same day he received an honorary Palme d’Or at the prestigious film festival, which recognized a lifetime of work.
Harrison Ford gets teary during the six-minute standing ovation...
Nonetheless, it is pleasant to hear that James Mangold’s swan song for Harrison Ford’s signature role engendered a six-minute standing ovation from the people in the room. As you can see in the below tweet, the reaction to Indiana Jones left the crowd jubilant and Harrison Ford in tears as he accepted the cheers on the same day he received an honorary Palme d’Or at the prestigious film festival, which recognized a lifetime of work.
Harrison Ford gets teary during the six-minute standing ovation...
- 5/18/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
For over four decades, Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones has served as the greatest adventurer in all of American cinema. The time has now come for ol' Indy to hang up his pinch-front fedora, but not before one last adventure. "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" is one of the most hotly anticipated releases of the year, with the fifth film in the franchise posed to be the swan song for the pop culture icon. The film follows Indiana Jones in a race against time to obtain a fabled dial that can change history.
Indy is joined by his goddaughter Helena (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) on his mission, as their quest to retrieve the dial puts them in the crosshairs of Jürgen Voller (Mads Mikkelsen), a former Nazi working for NASA who has his own plans for the dial. Lest we forget: "Indiana Jones" movies are about action and adventure, but most importantly,...
Indy is joined by his goddaughter Helena (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) on his mission, as their quest to retrieve the dial puts them in the crosshairs of Jürgen Voller (Mads Mikkelsen), a former Nazi working for NASA who has his own plans for the dial. Lest we forget: "Indiana Jones" movies are about action and adventure, but most importantly,...
- 5/18/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
The reviews for Pablo Larraín’s “Spencer” are here straight from the Venice Film Festival, declaring that even if the melodramatic-bordering-on-campy film isn’t for everyone, Kristen Stewart’s “genius” take on Princess Diana just might be.
In his review for The Wrap, Jason Solomons describes “Spencer” as an “intense, giddy spectacle with Shakespearean or indeed Racinian ambitions,” before making it very clear that, ultimately, “it’s Stewart’s film.”
“She gets the doe-eyed, pitying tilt of the head and the little posh girl voice down pretty well, but this is no impression — it’s more an interpretation of a classic role, bringing layers of real human complexity to a figure who, for all the mythology that surrounds her, still looms large in the British and global conscience,” Solomons wrote.
“This Diana isn’t the likable People’s Princess or Queen of Hearts whom the public adored. We get none of that.
In his review for The Wrap, Jason Solomons describes “Spencer” as an “intense, giddy spectacle with Shakespearean or indeed Racinian ambitions,” before making it very clear that, ultimately, “it’s Stewart’s film.”
“She gets the doe-eyed, pitying tilt of the head and the little posh girl voice down pretty well, but this is no impression — it’s more an interpretation of a classic role, bringing layers of real human complexity to a figure who, for all the mythology that surrounds her, still looms large in the British and global conscience,” Solomons wrote.
“This Diana isn’t the likable People’s Princess or Queen of Hearts whom the public adored. We get none of that.
- 9/3/2021
- by Alex Noble and Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
The end of 2020 and the start of 2021 have featured a diverse and dynamic collection of cinema-related books. Let’s start with two of these, a biography of director Mike Nichols and an oral history of Dazed and Confused, which qualify as movie-lover must-owns.
Mike Nichols: A Life by Mark Harris (Penguin Press)
Will there be a finer, more compelling biography in 2021 than Mike Nichols: A Life? I tend to doubt it, as Mark Harris’ study of the career of the Berlin-born, Nichols-and-May comic genius turned Broadway and Hollywood heavyweight rivals the author’s previous modern classics: Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood and Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War. Nichols was the subject of a fine oral history in 2019 (covered here), but A Life adds extraordinary levels of detail. There are moments that are simply unforgettable. These...
Mike Nichols: A Life by Mark Harris (Penguin Press)
Will there be a finer, more compelling biography in 2021 than Mike Nichols: A Life? I tend to doubt it, as Mark Harris’ study of the career of the Berlin-born, Nichols-and-May comic genius turned Broadway and Hollywood heavyweight rivals the author’s previous modern classics: Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood and Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War. Nichols was the subject of a fine oral history in 2019 (covered here), but A Life adds extraordinary levels of detail. There are moments that are simply unforgettable. These...
- 3/11/2021
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
Yippie-ki-yay! Fans of the “Die Hard” movies can geek out with a new book that goes inside the entire saga with exclusive interviews with the cast and crew and and rare and unseen imagery including set photographs and concept art. Written by Variety senior producer David S. Cohen and James Mottram, “Die Hard: The Ultimate Visual History” is available on Nov. 13 from Insight Editions.
In the first chapter, screenwriter Jeb Stuart tells how a fight with his wife helped him crack the central character of the story.
Part 1: Die Hard
“Just a fly in the ointment, Hans. The monkey in the wrench. The pain in the a–.” —John McClane
Road Rage
Jeb Stuart needed a paycheck.
Things shouldn’t have been this tight. He was a writer on the rise. After five years of graduate school, he’d written a hot spec script that had landed at Columbia Pictures...
In the first chapter, screenwriter Jeb Stuart tells how a fight with his wife helped him crack the central character of the story.
Part 1: Die Hard
“Just a fly in the ointment, Hans. The monkey in the wrench. The pain in the a–.” —John McClane
Road Rage
Jeb Stuart needed a paycheck.
Things shouldn’t have been this tight. He was a writer on the rise. After five years of graduate school, he’d written a hot spec script that had landed at Columbia Pictures...
- 11/5/2018
- by James Mottram and David S. Cohen
- Variety Film + TV
It’s time to catch up with some of the most interesting cinema-centric books of the last few months, and it’s a diverse list. There’s some Lego, some Nolan, some Star Wars (of course), and even some vintage Stan Brakhage. That’s range.
Off the Cliff: Making of Thelma & Louise by Becky Aikman (Penguin Press)
The career of Ridley Scott is full of peaks and valleys. One of the peaks was the release of Thelma & Louise in 1991. The cultural impact of this story of two female outlaws cannot be overstated, and Becky Aikman’s account of the making of the film helps explain why. Thelma & Louise involved a unique cast of characters, including stars Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis, as well as a young hunk named Brad Pitt. But the most memorable figures here are Scott, who knew his career needed a change but could not originally see...
Off the Cliff: Making of Thelma & Louise by Becky Aikman (Penguin Press)
The career of Ridley Scott is full of peaks and valleys. One of the peaks was the release of Thelma & Louise in 1991. The cultural impact of this story of two female outlaws cannot be overstated, and Becky Aikman’s account of the making of the film helps explain why. Thelma & Louise involved a unique cast of characters, including stars Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis, as well as a young hunk named Brad Pitt. But the most memorable figures here are Scott, who knew his career needed a change but could not originally see...
- 10/18/2017
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
The movie world is accustomed to publicity campaigns designed to create maximum awareness. But not so for David Lowery's A Ghost Story, despite its cast of Oscar stars. James Mottram reports on the directors from Steven Soderbergh to Lowery keeping their movies under wraps...
- 8/10/2017
- by James Mottram
- The Independent - Film
Reports of a bag left in the Debussy theatre led to security evacuating waiting press.
Press were left stranded outside tonight’s Cannes Competition press screening of Michel Hazanavicius’ Redoubtable after security concerns.
Screen journalists on the scene reported that security told those queuing up at the Debussy theatre to evacuate immediately before taking police dogs into the Debussy theatre.
However, the situation was swiftly addressed and journalists were invited to return to the theatre at around 7.45pm Cannes time.
Several journalists tweeted from the scene…
Jada Yuan from New York Magazine said: “People asked to leave before entering the press screening of Hazanavicius’s Le Redoubtable bc of a bomb scare #cannes”
James Mottram added: “#Cannes2017 Chaos at the #Redoubtable screening. After #Okja fiasco yesterday…this is very un-Cannes”
This is the second time the festival has experienced a screening delay after the Okja press screening suffered a technical glitch and had to be restarted.
Press were left stranded outside tonight’s Cannes Competition press screening of Michel Hazanavicius’ Redoubtable after security concerns.
Screen journalists on the scene reported that security told those queuing up at the Debussy theatre to evacuate immediately before taking police dogs into the Debussy theatre.
However, the situation was swiftly addressed and journalists were invited to return to the theatre at around 7.45pm Cannes time.
Several journalists tweeted from the scene…
Jada Yuan from New York Magazine said: “People asked to leave before entering the press screening of Hazanavicius’s Le Redoubtable bc of a bomb scare #cannes”
James Mottram added: “#Cannes2017 Chaos at the #Redoubtable screening. After #Okja fiasco yesterday…this is very un-Cannes”
This is the second time the festival has experienced a screening delay after the Okja press screening suffered a technical glitch and had to be restarted.
- 5/20/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
"Iron Man 3" brings Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) back to movie theaters for the third time in four years, but according to critics there isn't a lot of rust on this blockbuster franchise.
"To use a recondite term in professional film criticism: whoo-hoo!" Guardian critic Peter Bradshaw wrote in his four-star-out-of-five review. "This is luxury superhero entertainment and the director and co-writer is Shane Black, who gave us the excellent 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang' in 2005. I bow down to Mr. Black as the Aaron Sorkin of action comedy." Black replaced Jon Favreau as director of the "Iron Man" franchise for "Iron Man 3." (Favreau still appears in the film as Stark's bodyguard-confidant Happy Hogan.)
"It's really Black's scripting nous that makes 'Iron Man 3' soar -- not least in the way the former Lethal Weapon scribe channels the buddy formula he practically invented into Stark’s ongoing relationship with Col.
"To use a recondite term in professional film criticism: whoo-hoo!" Guardian critic Peter Bradshaw wrote in his four-star-out-of-five review. "This is luxury superhero entertainment and the director and co-writer is Shane Black, who gave us the excellent 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang' in 2005. I bow down to Mr. Black as the Aaron Sorkin of action comedy." Black replaced Jon Favreau as director of the "Iron Man" franchise for "Iron Man 3." (Favreau still appears in the film as Stark's bodyguard-confidant Happy Hogan.)
"It's really Black's scripting nous that makes 'Iron Man 3' soar -- not least in the way the former Lethal Weapon scribe channels the buddy formula he practically invented into Stark’s ongoing relationship with Col.
- 4/24/2013
- by Christopher Rosen
- Huffington Post
Vera Farmiga's Higher Ground "admirably tries, on a minuscule budget, to evoke the spirit of American cinema from 35 years ago: the age of Sissy Spacek and Shelley Duvall, an era much more hospitable to serious roles for women than the current one." Melissa Anderson in the Voice: "As reported in a New York Times Magazine cover story on the actress in 2006 (three years before her Oscar-nominated performance in Up in the Air), Farmiga has expressed her disgust with the roles offered her by setting scripts on fire: 'I stack up all those crass female characters, all those utterly ordinary women, all those hundreds and hundreds of parts that have no substance or meaning and turn them into a blazing pyre.' It's a shame, then, that Higher Ground never really ignites."
Farmiga plays "Corinne, a Midwest rural woman who embraces a hippie-inflected but paternalistic evangelical community with her high...
Farmiga plays "Corinne, a Midwest rural woman who embraces a hippie-inflected but paternalistic evangelical community with her high...
- 8/26/2011
- MUBI
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 doesn't open until next Friday (November 19), but a few critics have seen it and so far the reviews are, for the most part, just Ok.
"...even if Part I feels over-stretched at 150 minutes, it finishes strongly. Your appetite will be whetted for what promises to be an almighty showdown before the curtain comes down on Harry Potter for good."
— James Mottram, The Independent (UK)
"The millions who have grown up with this trio should certainly feel that they have had their money’s worth, even if the big, decisive moments and action set-pieces are still to come."
— Chris Tookey, Daily Mail (UK)
"...lumbering and gripping by turns..."
— Justin Chang, Variety
"...this grim beginning-of-the-end odyssey has a very different feel from any of its predecessors — a development slightly more disconcerting than it is welcome."
— Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter
Next Showing:
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"...even if Part I feels over-stretched at 150 minutes, it finishes strongly. Your appetite will be whetted for what promises to be an almighty showdown before the curtain comes down on Harry Potter for good."
— James Mottram, The Independent (UK)
"The millions who have grown up with this trio should certainly feel that they have had their money’s worth, even if the big, decisive moments and action set-pieces are still to come."
— Chris Tookey, Daily Mail (UK)
"...lumbering and gripping by turns..."
— Justin Chang, Variety
"...this grim beginning-of-the-end odyssey has a very different feel from any of its predecessors — a development slightly more disconcerting than it is welcome."
— Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter
Next Showing:
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- 11/12/2010
- by reelz reelz
- Reelzchannel.com
Rooney Mara on the set of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Photo: RooneyMara.net
Noomi RapaceJust above is your first look at Rooney Mara in David Fincher's remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo due Dec. 21, 2011, which will obviously cause comparisons to Noomi Rapace (right) who played the titular character in the Swedish-language originals. However, the images are so small it's almost impossible to draw any kind of legitimate comparison. You can click here to browse a few additional images.
Terry Gilliam is looking for new funding for The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, a film he has been trying to make for decades. According to Gilliam, he should be shooting right now, but "the financing collapsed about a month and a half ago." He currently has Ewan McGregor and Robert Duvall on board for the film, which is rumored to tell the story of a filmmaker...
Photo: RooneyMara.net
Noomi RapaceJust above is your first look at Rooney Mara in David Fincher's remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo due Dec. 21, 2011, which will obviously cause comparisons to Noomi Rapace (right) who played the titular character in the Swedish-language originals. However, the images are so small it's almost impossible to draw any kind of legitimate comparison. You can click here to browse a few additional images.
Terry Gilliam is looking for new funding for The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, a film he has been trying to make for decades. According to Gilliam, he should be shooting right now, but "the financing collapsed about a month and a half ago." He currently has Ewan McGregor and Robert Duvall on board for the film, which is rumored to tell the story of a filmmaker...
- 9/7/2010
- by Kevin Blumeyer
- Rope of Silicon
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