With the latest Indiana Jones epic now on DVD, This Weekend’s Film Festival wants to look back on his adventures. Due to only four feature outings, the fifth film in the lineup is clearly influenced by Dr. Jones and the serials that inspired him. The four INDIANA JONES film will play in chronological order (which doesn’t mean in the order of release). While it was recently reviled on the season premiere episode of SOUTH PARK, KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL does have some defenders, myself included. While it has its flaws, the film did capture some of the adventurous fun features in the original RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. So dust off your Fedora, pop some popcorn, check out the opening act and then judge for yourself the merits of the INDIANA JONES series.

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