In a small Midwestern town, a troubled teen with homicidal tendencies
must hunt down and destroy a supernatural killer while keeping his own
inner demons at bay.
Original, dark-humored tale is well-made with a good cast and appears at first glance to be a psychological drama, before, it finally deep-ends into horror territory.
Con artists plan to fleece an eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long-lost uncle.
From memory: Nicely made and very well cast adaptation has its some enjoyable bits and moments, but is far cry from the charm of the beloved TV series.
Halliwell*: "Owing more to the TV series of the 1960s than to the macabre wit of the original New Yorker cartoons, an ill-conceived, coarse-grained comedy that nevertheless was a success at the box-office."
Maltin***: ""Piquant comedy...Huston and Julia are absolutely perfect as Morticia and Gomez, and maintain a light touch while dispensing their gleefully ghoulish black humor. Impressive directorial debut for cinematographer Sonnenfeld.
A criminal pleads insanity after getting into trouble again and once in
the mental institution rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies
up the scared patients.
A masterpiece of anti-establishment entertainment, excellently staged and with an unforgettable cast, still manages to captivate, although it does reveal a strong streak of misogyny.
Halliwell****: "Wildly and unexpectedly commercial film of a project which had lain dormant for fourteen years, this amusing and horrifying film conveniently sums up anti-government attitudes as well as make love not war and all that. It's certainly impossible to ignore."
Maltin****: "Ken Kesey's script is a triumph of human spirit..."
Enjoying a peaceable existence in 1885, Doctor Emmet Brown is about to
be killed by Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen, so Marty McFly travels back in time
to save his friend.
Satisfyingly exciting comclusion of the series, this time as an amusing Western parody and with a nice romantic interest for the doctor.
Halliwell***: "Good-natured fun at the expense of calssic Western movies."
Maltin***1/2: "Delightful conclusion to this time-travel trilogy...The dormant movie Western gets a major dose of adrenaline from this high-tech, high-powered comic adventure, which offers great fun, dazzling special effects, and imagination to spare. There's real movie magic at work here."
After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to
prevent disastrous changes to 1985 without interfering with his first
trip.
Another top-notch time travel comedy, highly entertaining, although this time around the plot is far more complex.
Halliwell (no star): "Extraordinarily raucous, confusingly plotted, poorly performed (rarely have actors aged so unconvincingly) sequel that amounts to little more than a trailer for the third part of the series."
Maltin**: "Joyless, frenetic follow-up...Considerable ingenuity, but hardly any laughs, and a surprising amount of unpleasantness. Works best toward the end when it creates a parallel existence to the climactic action in Part 1, but then it turns out to be a cliffhanger, advertising the upcoming Part III! Talk about a cheat..."
A young man is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a
time-traveling DeLorean invented by his friend and
must make sure his high-school-age parents unite in order to save his
own existence.
Highly entertaining sci-fi comedy that intelligently takes a playful view on time travel; an instant classic that hasn't dated at all.
Halliwell***: "Lightheart Twilight Zone fantasy which certainly pleased the international multitudes."
Maltin***: "Wonderful, wacked-out time travel comedy takes its time to get going, but once it does, it's a lot of fun building to a frantic climax...Lloyd is a standout as crazed scientist who sets story in motion."
