Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
James Cameron returns back to the franchise he created by producing and co-writing the original story upon which Terminator: Dark Fate is based. Although technically the sixth feature film in the franchise, this entry...
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Trancers (1984/1985)
B-movie maestro Charles Band directs this low-budget sci-fi blending of Blade Runner, The Terminator, James Bond flicks, the John D. MacDonald novel “The Girl, the Gold Watch, and Everything” (which had been adapted into...
The Terminator (1984)
The simple premise: A killer android (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) is sent back to 1984 to assassinate the mother (Linda Hamilton) of a resistance leader of the future. A soldier of that resistance (Michael Biehn) is also...
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
The Marvel Cinematic Universe finally puts a cap, of sorts, to the various phases it had built up since 2008’s Iron Man, allowing for a natural conclusion to a few story arcs, while also...
The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
Joe Cornish made a nice, albeit low-key (by today’s standards), leap from TV to movies as a writer-director with 2011’s surprise cult sleeper, Attack the Block, and as a screenwriter the same year with Spielberg’s...
Superman (1978)
Heralded by some as the greatest superhero film of all time, Superman is an epic befitting a legendary, larger-than-life comic book deity. No easy feat for a character so well-known and revered by millions the world...
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...
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
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...
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
A quintessential teen flick of the late 1980s, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure has gone from minor cult hit to an adolescent staple, with an archetype that would be emulated by other famous “stoner” teen duos...
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
2010’s Alice in Wonderland wasn’t really a great film, but it did rake in a hefty billion dollars from the worldwide box office, so, naturally, that’s going to green-light a sequel just about every time. Six...