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INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY MOVIE REVIEW
One last time to strap on the whip and put on the hat…here we go. Certainly the last Indiana Jones outing did not exactly meet with the world’s universal pleasure and Harrison Ford has been pushing ever since to get one more go-round. It’s still a little baffling it took this long (the man is 80) and Spielberg is no longer directing and Lucas no longer writing but The Dial of Destiny is in the can. This time around, it’s 1969, Jones is about to retire from his teaching job that no one seems to care about anymore. Man has just landed on the moon and looking backwards in exploration isn’t something the young folks care about anymore. But then, a figure from his past, his long-estranged god-daughter Helena Shaw (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) shows up to ultimately steal from him one half of an ancient relic he’s been keeping hidden for decades, Archimedes’ Dial. Her father believed it held the power to exploit fissures in time so of course there are Nazis after it. In this case, Jürgen Voller (Mads Mikkelsen), a Operation Paperclip former Nazi that wants to find both halves and go back to change the course of WWII. Well, no amount of years or mileage is gonna keep Indy from trying to stop Nazis and he’s off on another rip-roaring adventure only this time with considerably more deep-fake to keep Ford from dying while playing the part. Chris, Ben, Spider-Mike, and Marco take up the challenge of reviewing Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny with all but no spoilers and place it in a museum where it belongs.
DIRECTED BY: James Mangold
STARRING: Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies, Toby Jones, Boyd Holbrook, Ethann Isidore, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Thomas Kretschmann, Karen Allen, Olivier Richters, Mark Killeen, Nasser Memarzia, Martin McDougall
YOUR REVIEWERS
Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)
Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others). You can also check out Chris in his videocast, along with Martin Thomas and Danni Danger, that One Of Us does with our friends at Bell of Lost Souls: Crossover Event. He also regularly guests on the video game website Rage Select. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.
Ben Glasthal (Highly Suspect Review, Screener Squad, Breakfast Pub, Unstabletop Gamers, Video and Audio Editor)
Born in Boston, then ending up in Dallas, Texas in the early 2000s, Ben has always had a passion for film. He started in film school not long after where he launched MovieReelizations.com where he still writes reviews to this day. He’s since moved to Austin where he has been also hopping on podcasts and both editing and shooting videos for One of Us. A fan of films from almost all genres, and many that predate him more than makes sense, he is anything if not eclectic in what he’s watching at any point. For the rest of his free time, he can be found biking, drinking craft beer, being an amateur photographer, and playing video games by himself or on Twitch. He’s best found on Instagram or Twitter as @MovieReelBen.
Marco Noyola (Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Audio Editor)
By day, Marco is a mild-mannered office worker, but by night he is a mild-mannered movie watcher. He does other mild-mannered stuff too.
“You don’t need to follow me. You don’t need to follow anybody!”
Michael Riojas (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)
The man with the ever-changing nicknames. Born in Austin, Riojas was rocketed to Del Rio, Texas, a literal small ville. In his youth, he was bitten by a radioactive… okay, look. Mike is not very good at this whole “talking about himself” thing. But he has been so obsessed with comics, video games, and anime since childhood- that if one has to choose between listening to Joe Quesada or Mike over any obscure Spider-Man trivia, they go to him (or, at least Martin Thomas once said so). He is also a big fan of “Ghostbusters” (he even owns his own jumpsuit and two, that’s right, TWO proton packs!), collects toys and video games, and will defend “Superman IV: The Quest for Peace” if provoked. He lives in Austin with his beloved Dachshund-Maltese and trusted sidekick, Dean. He can also be heard on RageSelect. He can be found on Twitter and Instagram.
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