Sacrificed to Kali

I'll never forget the night I first watched Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - particularly the horror and disgust as I watched Mola Ram, standing in front of a grotesque statue of the Hindu goddess Kali, plunge his hand into the poor sacrifice victim's chest and pull his still-beating heart out, before lowering …

Die Hard & Indiana Jones

G'day, mates!  Welcome to my 4th edition of My Fortnightly Movie/TV Thoughts.  Last fortnight I reviewed Skyfall (2012).  This week I'm reviewing: Die Hard (1988), rated M for medium level violence, medium level coarse language Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), rated M for moderate violence Those are the Australian ratings; the American …

My Fortnightly Movie/TV Thoughts

G'day!  I've decided that every two weeks, I'll post fairly short reviews of 5 movies/TV series.  I'll try to keep them spoiler-free, although I won't always be successful, so here's the disclaimer: WARNING: POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD.  PROCEED AT OWN RISK OK, now that that's out of the way, here are this fortnight's five movies: Raiders …

Reader Request Friday 23 November

As you may be aware, boottomlesscoffee007 from http://bottomlesscoffee007.com nominated me for the Friday Reader Request. https://bottomlesscoffee007.com/2018/11/15/reader-request-friday-16-november-2018/ I gave a post here: https://jmshistorycorner.wordpress.com/2018/11/18/reader-request-friday-23-november/ So, having given you time to ask questions, I will post my answers - THIS WEEK!  (I might do it again at some point in the future - but not next week.  I'll …