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Indiana Jones movies and Raiders of the Lost Ark: Why the original still stands alone

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I was 12 when Raiders of the Lost Ark opened in 1981, and it changed my relationship with movies. I was already an avid moviegoer; what’s more, between the first two films in the Star […]

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The latest Star Wars installment has no aspirations of being anything more that rousingly good time, which serves greatly in its favor. […]

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