I'd be able to give a good review on this movie, but the booklet's editor Steven wouldn't give me an extension of four days (when the movie actually comes out in Australia) in order to actually SEE it first.
Angelina Jolie plays Lara Croft, star of the computer game series, Tomb Raider. Basically, she's the female version of Indiana Jones. So this movie is going to be full of special effects wiz-bangery type stuff and adventure along with a bit of the old mystic legend thrown in to drive the plot. I think. I haven't seen it.
Because it's based on a computer game, Tomb Raider will probably be bad, because every movie based on a computer game so far has been bad (eg Street Fighter, Wing Commander). But then again, I wouldn't know.
Jon Voight's in it. I think he plays Angelina's dad. He's Angelina's dad in real life. Oh - and I've heard rumours that some of Angelina's body has been enhanced using CGI to give her more of that impossibility of Lara's physical features.
I think that Angelina should win the Oscar for her performance, and that Steven should be fired as editor for his. Just kidding, Steven.

People out there might be saying "hang on, that's not the name of the film!" Well, according to the almighty power that is Lucasfilm Limited, yup, it is, since Lucasfilm re-titled the film to make it consistent with the two other Indiana Jones films (plus the umpteen "Young Indiana Jones" telemovies). So there. No correspondence will be entered into.
And no, they haven't changed a single frame of the film, to my knowledge, which means the original title may well be the one seen on screen. So the tale of the heroic archaeologist battling a bunch of Nazis and an evil French guy in a hunt for the holy Ark of the Covenant is still the same as it always was. He still hates snakes, the action scenes are still pretty damn exciting, that big boulder still rolls just like it used to, and John Williams' score still pumps up the energy level on a regular basis.
Okay, so Indy might not wear tight, revealing clothing like his colleague Ms. Croft. Or have her other undoubted assets. But it's always good to rediscover the root cause of all the sequels, rip-offs and parodies. And, as a bonus, it's still healthy, rambunctious entertainment with plenty of exciting chases, fights and plot twists. Plus there's a monkey!