Before the review itself, a word on scheduling. Reviews will be going up on Fridays from now on, as I'm finding it easier to get them written and uploaded with my new work schedule if I shoot for Friday rather than Thursday. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989) Dir. by Stephen Herek Starring Keanu Reeves, … Continue reading Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
science fiction
Treasure Planet
Treasure Planet (2002) Directed by John Musker and Ron Clements Synopsis Jim Hawkins is a teenaged human on the planet Montressor, who spends his days joyriding on a rocket-powered surfboard and avoiding helping his mother run the Benbow Inn. One day, a spaceship crash-lands near the inn, and Jim rescues the injured pilot, who gives … Continue reading Treasure Planet
Back to the Future
Back to the Future (1985) Dir. by Robert Zemeckis Starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson Plot Teenager Marty McFly is accidentally transported thirty years into the past when terrorists interrupt the testing of a time machine invented by a mad scientist friend. Now stuck in the 1950s, he attempts to convince the … Continue reading Back to the Future
Stargate
Stargate (1994) Dir. by Roland Emmerich Starring Kurt Russell, James Spader and Jaye Davidson Plot Egyptologist and conspiracy-theorist Daniel Jackson is hired by the government to translate a series of hieroglyphs on a stone unearthed in Giza in the 20s. When he succeeds, he learns that they are the code to activate a portal to … Continue reading Stargate
Demolition Man
Demolition Man (1993) Dir. by Marco Brambilla Starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock and Nigel Hawthorne Plot When LAPD Sergeant John “the Demolition Man” Spartan is framed for the murder of civilians while taking down crime kingpin Simon Phoenix, both he and Phoenix become some of the first inmates in the new cryogenic prison … Continue reading Demolition Man
*Batteries Not Included
*Batteries Not Included (1987) Dir. by Matthew Robbins Starring Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae and Elizabeth Pena Plot A crumbling New York City apartment building with only five residents is the lone holdout preventing the construction of a new commercial center. Desperate to tear the building down, a corrupt executive hires a local gang … Continue reading *Batteries Not Included
Flight of the Navigator
Flight of the Navigator (1986) Dir. by Randal Kleiser Starring Joey Cramer, Howard Hesseman and Paul Reubens (credited as “Paul Mall”) Plot 12-year-old David Freeman hits his head in 1978 and wakes up in 1986, having not aged a day. Confronted by a family that thinks he’s dead and a strange world he doesn’t know, … Continue reading Flight of the Navigator
Masters of the Universe
Masters of the Universe (1987) Dir. by Gary Goddard Starring Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella and Courteney Cox Plot Galactic warrior He-Man and his allies find themselves trapped on modern-day Earth after a battle with their sworn enemy Skeletor on the planet Eternia. They must enlist the help of two Earth teenagers to recover their portal-creating … Continue reading Masters of the Universe
Spaceballs
Spaceballs (1990) Dir. by Mel Brooks Starring Bill Pullman, John Candy and Rick Moranis Plot Down-on-his-luck space captain Lone Starr and his co-pilot Barf, in need of quick cash to pay off a debt to the gangster Pizza the Hutt, take a job to rescue Princess Vespa of Druidia from the ridiculous forces of the … Continue reading Spaceballs
Krull
Krull (1983) Dir. by Peter Yates Starring Ken Marshall, Freddie Jones, and Lysette Anthony Plot A young prince teams up with a mysterious wise man, a cyclops, an ineffectual sorcerer and a band of thieves to rescue his fiancée from the teleporting fortress of an interplanetary marauder, who believes that the princess’s child is destined to … Continue reading Krull
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