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Indy's Still Kicking Butt in Crystal Skull

Posted May 18, 08 6:52 PM CDT in Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Who you calling old? It may be 19 years since Indiana Jones last donned a fedora, but Harrison Ford amply kicks Russian butt in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Kenneth Turan writes in the Los Angeles Times. The flick, opening in the US on Thursday, premiered today at Cannes to audiences cheering at its opening credits.

Set in the 1950s, Crystal Skull pits America’s favorite archaeologist against Russians after a magical skull. It’s no Raiders of the Lost Ark—Richard Corliss writes in Time that some scenes feel like “stretching exercises at a retirement home”—but the franchise ages well, thanks to Cate Blanchett as “a superb villainess” and Steven Spielberg’s crowd-pleasing stunts.

Sources Los Angeles Times, Time

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Harrison Ford and Cate Blanchett are shown in a scene from "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."   (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, David James)
American producer George Lucas, American actor Harrison Ford and American director Steven Spielberg pose for photographers in Cannes, southern France, on Sunday, May 18, 2008.   (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" is due out May 22, 2008.   (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, David James, FILE)
Harrison Ford is shown in a scene from "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."   (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, David James)
Shia LaBeouf, Harrison Ford and Karen Allen star in the latest "Indiana Jones" film.   (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, David James)
Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, and Shia LaBeouf in a scene from "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."   (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, David James)
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