Brett Warren (whosinthenews)
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
PG-13
A tired Indy has one last forgettable adventure doing god knows what... in order to keep a group of vaguely unpleasant communists from brainwashing people with an alien skull.
Still, compared to the Star Wars prequels it's freakin' Citizen Kane.
Midnight in Paris
PG-13
Except for the obvious theme that Allen keeps beating you over the head with, this film is fairly harmless, and occasionally sweet. Everything happens exactly how you would expect without too many cringe-worthy moments filled with celebrities mugging for the camera. And most delightfully, the fantasy aspect of this doesn't try to be overly clever or deep with how it uses its historical figures. They're just there to serve the story and it doesn't really matter how or why.
Pleasant, yeah, that's the word. The bar in the romantic comedy genre/date night genre is very, very, very, very, very, very low.
