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The Essential Indiana Jones Rip Off Movies of the 1980s

September 2, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Something seems familiar as we take a look at a selection of essential Indiana Jones rip-offs from the 1980s… In cinema, if something works once, studios will naturally assume it could work again. Die Hard, aside from spawning four sequels, also inspired innumerable rip-offs. The same goes for Mad Max, Conan the Barbarian, Jaws, The […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Armour of God, Firewalker, gwendoline, Indiana Jones, King Solomons Mines, Raiders of the Lost Ark, River of Death, romancing the stone, The Ark of the Sun God, The Golden Child, The Goonies, The Magic Crystal, The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak (

10 Iconic Movie Weapons Every Millennial Kid Wanted

September 1, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

A cool movie weapon makes all the difference in genre films and we look at ten movie weapons every millennial kid wanted… Action and sci-fi films and their relentless battles between good and evil have one consistent. Weaponry is involved and whether it’s the use of real-life weapons or creations for your film, making it […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Conan the Barbarian, Dolph Lundgren, Evil Dead, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones, Krull, Masters of the Universe, Predator, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rambo: First Blood Part II, Robin Hood, Star Wars, Sylvestor Stallone, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Texas Chain Saw Massacre

The Essential Harrison Ford Films

September 29, 2017 by Tom Jolliffe

In the build up to the release of Blade Runner 2049 [read our review here], Tom Jolliffe looks at the essential films of the key cast, starting with Harrison Ford… A long, varied and fine career has seen Ford become iconic in two franchises in particular (and indeed the upcoming reprise of Rick Deckard could […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Essential..., Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, Harrison Ford, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, the fugitive, Witness

The End of an Era? Harrison Ford: The Great Blockbuster Headliner

July 1, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

With the release of the fifth and likely final Indiana Jones movie starring Harrison Ford, could this be the Hollywood legend’s final bow as the blockbuster headline act..? The cinema landscape has evolved so much in the past few decades. Movie stars used to rule the world, and even at the dawn of the event […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Blade Runner, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones, indiana jones and the dial of destiny, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, the fugitive

Countdown to Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – Raiders of the Lost Ark

June 11, 2023 by Chris Gelderd

Chris Gelderd counts down to Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny by revisiting 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark… In production for almost a decade, the final outing for everyone’s beloved professor and archaeologist Indiana Jones is now finally on the horizon. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny will be the fifth feature film […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Chris Gelderd, Movies Tagged With: Denholm Elliott, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, indiana jones and the dial of destiny, John Rhys-Davies, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ronald Lacey, Steven Spielberg

Indiana Jones archive to swing onto Disney+ this May

May 17, 2023 by Matt Rodgers

As we all wait for the Dial of Destiny to spin around to June, Lucasfilm has announced that one of their most valuable assets is to be stored in the streaming museum that is Disney+, with the news that the Indiana Jones movies and The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones will be available to stream on […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Disney, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones, indiana jones and the dial of destiny, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Steven Spielberg, Temple of Doom

Academy Re-Awards: Fixing the Best Picture Oscar Winners of the 1980s

March 12, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Coinciding with the Oscars, we take a trip back to the 1980s to fix the Best Picture winners… The Oscars are upon us. Year after year, controversy and debate rages, over the nominations, the oversights and the eventual winners. Over the years there have been plenty of safe and so-so choices for Best Picture at […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Awards Season, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Aliens, Amadeus, Chariots of Fire, Commando, Dead Poets Society, Die Hard, Full Metal Jacket, Ordinary People, Out of Africa, Platoon, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rain Man, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Terms of Endearment, The Thing

LEGO Indiana Jones returns with new Raiders of the Lost Ark and Last Crusade sets

March 16, 2023 by Amie Cranswick

 LEGO has unveiled three new LEGO Indiana Jones sets which allows fans of the classic adventure trilogy to recreate some of their favourite scenes in brick form – the Temple of the Golden Idol and Escape from the Lost Tomb from Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Fighter Plane Chase from  Indiana Jones and […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, LEGO, Movies, News, Toys Tagged With: Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark, LEGO, Lego Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark

4K Ultra HD Review – Indiana Jones: 4-Movie Collection

June 12, 2021 by Brad Cook

Indiana Jones: 4-Movie Collection Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Harrison Ford, Denholm Elliott, John Rhys-Davies, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, Wolf Kahler, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri, Raj Singh, Roshan Seth, Sean Connery, Julian Glover, Alison Doody, Michael Byrne, Kevork Malikyan, J.J. Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Igor […]

Filed Under: Brad Cook, Movies, Physical Media, Reviews Tagged With: Alison Doody, Amrish Puri, Cate Blanchett, Denholm Elliott, Harrison Ford, Igor Jijikine, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, J.J. Hardy, Jim Broadbent, John Hurt, John Rhys-Davies, Julian Glover, Karen Allen, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Kevork Malikyan, Michael Byrne, Paul Freeman, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Raj Singh, Ray Winstone, Ronald Lacey, Roshan Seth, Sean Connery, Shia LaBeouf, Steven Spielberg, Wolf Kahler

Harrison Ford at 78: The Ultimate Movie Star

July 13, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

As Harrison Ford turns 78, Tom Jolliffe looks back at his career and an unmatched output of iconic roles… Harrison Ford needs little introduction. His place in cinema history is more than assured. Actors will strive to play a memorable role. Something that could potentially become iconic. To do it once is amazing enough, but […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, Harrison Ford, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, the fugitive, Witness

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