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Back to the Future (1985, Robert Zemeckis)
Back to the Future has become a detached experience. It isn’t really dated, it’s just hard to interact with the film in the same way one could when its content was more contemporary (in seven years,...
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Caddyshack II (1988, Allan Arkush)
Now it makes sense–Rodney Dangerfield was originally going to come back for Caddyshack II, but then fell out over script disputes and Jackie Mason came in, persona in hand, to fill in. I kept wondering...
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984, W.D. Richter)
Buckaroo Banzai‘s greatest contribution to cinema–well, if it didn’t get Peter Weller the Robocop role at least–is as a warning against trying to adapt authors like Thomas Pynchon to motion pictures....
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Back to the Future Part III (1990, Robert Zemeckis)
Apparently, all Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale needed for a Back to the Future sequel was a story. Part III, unlike the second installment, has a lot going on and it’s not all tied into the original’s...
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Back to the Future Part II (1989, Robert Zemeckis)
Back to the Future Part II, while front heavy with special effects, ends up being a small picture. The first half or so deals with the sequel setup from the first movie’s finale but then Part II tells...
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Back to the Future (1985, Robert Zemeckis)
Back to the Future gives the impression of being very economical in terms of its narrative… but it really isn’t. Zemeckis just does such a great job immediately establishing the fifties setting, even...
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