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The Cinephile Hissy Fit Eats the Brains of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

(L-R) Kate Capshaw and Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Image courtesy of Paramount Pictures.

Catching up from a post-Thanksgiving holiday pause, the Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast returns to crack the whip and get back to the content business. In 1984, pop culture was at the peak of its powers during the excessive devil-may-care grandeur of the 1980s. Part of that year’s buzz was the first Indiana Jones sequel, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, which did its part in adding more budget and spectacle to the reimagined adventure serial started in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Until the legacy sequels showed up in 2008 and 2023, this one was the most maligned entry of the franchise. That creates cause to talk about it.

The cover photo of the Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast episode for Sinners

For their 220th episode, two bare-chested critics, two archaeologist dads, and two whip-cracking teachers, Will Johnson and Don Shanahan, take an expedition back to the great cinematic and cultural milestone year of 1984 to cover the sequel Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Everyone involved, from filmmakers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas to the game cast of Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, and Ke Huy Quan. Come eat all the weird palace foods with us and stay for the mutual love and respect that fun movies encapsulate. Enjoy our podcast!
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Written by Don Shanahan

DON SHANAHAN is a Chicago-based Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic writing here on Film Obsessive as the Editor-in-Chief and Content Supervisor for the film department. He also writes for his own website, Every Movie Has a Lesson. Don is one of the hosts of the Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast on the Ruminations Radio Network and sponsored by Film Obsessive. As a school teacher by day, Don writes his movie reviews with life lessons in mind, from the serious to the farcical. He is a proud director and one of the founders of the Chicago Indie Critics and a voting member of the nationally-recognized Critics Choice Association, Hollywood Creative Alliance, Online Film Critics Society, North American Film Critics Association, International Film Society Critics Association, Internet Film Critics Society, Online Film and TV Association, and the Celebrity Movie Awards.

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