Everything about Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull depresses us. Its unwieldy title (there’s two ‘the’s in it, for chuff’s sake), its barrel-chested and grizzled star, its wrongheaded producer (remember what happened last time George Lucas revisited films he made zonks ago?). Ach, it’s enough to make you sit and slap your head for about an hour.

That said, rather than Jar Jar Binks we’re getting the likeable Shia LaBeouf playing Indy’s long-lost son and it’ll be great to see the still quite sexy (in an Eighties Margot Kidder-nicotined-teeth kinda way) Karen Allen back in action as his mom.

There’s also Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone and John Hurt in there somewhere too, so perhaps it won’t be all bad. Oh, and there’s that theme tune…

But really - Harrison Ford looks like bloody Bogart in African Queen these days! Jeez.

Still, you can keep up with all the comings and goings of IJATKOTCS (hey, catchy!) on the official website, should you so wish. In the meantime, here’s the cast playing kissy kissy at Comic-Con a couple months back. It was before the title was announced and grandad Spielberg is dressed like Clive Dunn. They don’t like it up em!

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Posted by Thin White Duke

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