Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Back to the Future Part III is the third and final installment of the popular trilogy, this time going to the past, to Hill Valley of 1885. Those that despised the second film for its darkness generally...
1990s / Adventure / Comedy / Romance / Science Fiction / Western
by Vincent Leo · Published February 24, 2018 · Last modified March 13, 2019
Back to the Future Part III is the third and final installment of the popular trilogy, this time going to the past, to Hill Valley of 1885. Those that despised the second film for its darkness generally...
1980s / Adventure / Comedy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published February 15, 2018 · Last modified April 8, 2019
Generally considered the lesser film of the Back to the Future trilogy, mostly because it is darker and less in fun than the other two, Back to the Future II (originally intended to be titled Paradox) is nonetheless an...
1980s / Animation / Comedy / Fantasy / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published December 20, 2006 · Last modified January 16, 2019
This film is set in Los Angeles in the 1940s, where part of the city is the fictional Toontown, where all of the famous (and not so famous) cartoon characters (called “Toons”) reside. Bob...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 5, 2006 · Last modified December 18, 2019
It might be a step down from the pleasure that was The Addams Family, but this sequel doesn’t miss too far off the mark. Although darker, with a more adult vibe (this one kicks the...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 1, 2006 · Last modified December 18, 2019
One of the better big-screen adaptations of a small screen television show, The Addams Family, may not be entirely faithful in its adherence to the characters and humor of the TV show. Still, it...
After breadwinner Jack Butler (Keaton) gets laid off from his job, his wife Caroline (Garr) heads out to make a living while he stays home with the three kids. Jack immediately finds out that being a...
1980s / Action / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published April 10, 2005 · Last modified January 5, 2020
The third entry in the Star Trek film series was announced shortly before the release of the Wrath of Khan, mostly to stave off blowback the makers were receiving for killing off Spock. At that...
Jack Nicholson stars as a horse thief, Henry Moon, who’s rounded up by the local posse of a small Texas town and sentenced to hang. Due to the lack of men coming back from...
1980s / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published March 3, 2005 · Last modified May 16, 2019
Back to the Future is pure entertainment, and very successful at that. Wholly inspired and brilliantly executed, this brainchild of co-screenwriter Bob Gale and director Robert Zemeckis is chock-full of in-jokes and sight gags...
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