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Oliver Wang
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Arts & culture writer, sociology professor, disk junkie. Curator of the forthcoming "Cruising J-Town: Japanese American Car Culture in Southern California."
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"Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" Better than 2 and 4 (which isn't saying much), PWB was great (even if this felt like her audition reel to take over "Tomb Raider"), and the fan service didn't feel overdone. But...

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The Indiana Jones formula wears thin, i.e. MacGuffin + mumbo-jumbo exposition + tepid interpersonal drama to pace between looooong set pieces (several of which, this time, were set in the dark which raises questions about the FX work). Maybe I'm just action-ed out but very little felt "thrilling".

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Oliver Wang
@owang.bsky.social
Arts & culture writer, sociology professor, disk junkie. Curator of the forthcoming "Cruising J-Town: Japanese American Car Culture in Southern California."
196 followers43 following15 posts