Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull stories

That insane 'nuked fridge' scene in Indy 4 could actually work!?

Trent Moore

Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 3:21pm

It turns out the most hated scene in the latest Indiana Jones film might actually be plausible.

17 blockbusters so horrible even their creators say they sucked

Evan Dashevsky

Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 4:09pm

Did you ever hear a famous actor on a talk show say something along the lines of, "I'm really excited about my new movie, people are going to LOVE it!" ... and just know you're being lied to?

Lucas won't stop defending Indy's infamous nuke-the-fridge moment

Matthew Jackson

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 2:43pm

We can all pretty much agree that the high water mark of the Indiana Jones franchise was right before Indy climbed into that lead-lined fridge to escape an atomic blast. "Nuke the fridge" has since entered the pop culture lexicon as a term synonymous with creative overreaching, but Indy writer George Lucas doesn't care if you liked the stunt or not.

Spielberg blames Lucas for Indy 4's story sucking so hard

Marc Bernardin

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 10:26am

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas have worked in tandem on the last four Indiana Jones films—with Spielberg handling the visuals and Lucas in charge of the script. While that arrangement worked like a charm for the first three archeological adventures, Spielberg admits there were ... problems ... with Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

6 strangest and often unnecessary examples of CGI in sci-fi films

Evan Hoovler

Friday, August 5, 2011 - 1:00pm

CGI runs hot and cold. Good CGI can make a billion dollars for a film with a plot that rips off Dances with Wolves. But bad CGI can completely turn the viewer off to the entire movie. So experts devote countless hours to making each little CGI thing look perfect.