There’s something special about seeing an Indiana Jones movie on the big screen, especially on opening night. I wasn’t alive yet for Raiders of the Lost Ark and Temple of Doom’s release dates, and for some reason I never got to see The Last Crusade on the big screen, so my only other experience of seeing an Indiana Jones flick on opening night was Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in 2008. Suffice to say, I was both genuinely excited, as well as nervous, to see my favorite cinematic character go on his guaranteed final adventure.

Oscar season passed, and your resident reviewer did a pretty poor job of trying to see all the movies nominated. But I still got a quick review of the Best Picture nominees that I actually DID see thanks to streaming.

It’s been a year and some change, but I’m back. I won’t lie to you, 2021 was a rough year for me. In January of 2021, my beagle Oliver got cancer and had to be put to sleep. At the end of the year, my father passed away after a second fight with cancer. Sadly, my dad and I had made plans that would never be fulfilled; seeing the next Indiana Jones movie on the big screen together.

“I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.”

That line is one of the many that earned the birthday girl, Sigourney Weaver, an Oscar Nomination for Best Actress in 1987 for her second outing as Ellen Ripley in Aliens. She celebrated her birthday yesterday, born in 1949. To honor her, I figured we could kick off the Halloween season with a sci-fi- horror film.