Category: Film Reviews

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Rating Director Leonard Nimoy Screenplay Leonard Nimoy, Harve Bennett, Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes, Nicholas Meyer Length 1h 59m Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Jane Wyatt, Catherine Hicks, Mark Lenard, Robin Curtis MPAA Rating PG Review Analogy in science fiction…

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Rating Director Leonard Nimoy Screenplay Harve Bennett Length 1h 45m Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Robin Curtis, Merritt Butrick, Phil Morris, Scott McGinnis, Robert Hooks, Christopher Lloyd MPAA Rating PG Review While it is incredibly difficult to follow…

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Rating Director Nicholas Meyer Screenplay Jack B. Sowards, Harve Bennett Length 1h 53m Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Bibi Besch, Merritt Butrick, Paul Winfield, Kirstie Alley, Ricardo Montalban, Ike Eisenmann, John Vargas, John Winston, Paul Kent MPAA Rating…

Star Trek: The Motion Picture Rating Director Robert Wise Screenplay Harold Livingston, Alan Dean Foster Length 2h 12m Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Persis Khabatta, Stephen Collins, Grace Lee Whitney, Mark Lenard MPAA Rating G Review Rescued from cancellation by Lucille Ball and…

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Rating Director George Miller, George Ogilvie Screenplay Terry Hayes, George Miller Length 1h 47m Starring Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Adam Cockburn, Tina Turner, Frank Thring, Angelo Rossitto, Paul Larsson, Angry Anderson, Robert Grubb, George Spartels, Edwin Hodgeman MPAA Rating PG-13 Review Four years after the success of the second film in…

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior Rating Director George Miller Screenplay Terry Hayes, George Miller, Brian Hannant Length 1h 36m Starring Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Mike Preston, Max Phipps, Vernon Wells, Kjell Nilsson, Emil Minty, Virginia Hey, William Zappa, Arkie Whiteley MPAA Rating R Review Finding your place after the apocalypse can be a struggle.…

Close Encounters of the Third Kind Rating Director Steven Spielberg Screenplay Steven Spielberg Length 2h 18m Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Bob Balaban, J. Patrick McNamara, Warren Kemmerling MPAA Rating PG Review When speaking of seminal science fiction films, Close Encounters of the Third Kind ranks among the upper echelons of…

Gattaca Rating Director Andrew Niccol Screenplay Andrew Niccol Length 1h 46m Starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Loren Dean, Gore Vidal, Xander Berkeley, Jayne Brook, Elias Koteas, Maya Rudolph, Blair Underwood, Ernest Borgnine, Tony Shalhoub, Alan Arkin, Dean Norris, Ken Marino, Cynthia Martells, Gabrielle Reece MPAA Rating PG-13 Review Genetic manipulation has been a…

Beetlejuice Rating Director Tim Burton Screenplay Michael McDowell, Larry Wilson, Warren Skaaren Length 1h 32m Starring Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O’Hara, Winona Ryder, Sylvia Sidney, Roubert Goulet, Dick Cavett, Glenn Shadix, Annie McEnroe, Maree Cheatham, Tony Cox, Susan Kellermann, Adelle Lutz, Jack Angel MPAA Rating PG Review With the rare…

The Fifth Element Rating Director Luc Besson Screenplay Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen Length 2h 06m Starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Milla Jovovich, Chris Tucker, Luke Perry, Brion James, Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister Jr. MPAA Rating PG-13 Review The 1990s was a terrific decade for science fiction. The Fifth Element was among those films,…

Return of the Jedi Rating Director Richard Marquand Screenplay Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas Length 2h 11m Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Sebastaian Shaw, Ian McDiarmid, Frank Oz, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, Alec Guinness, Kenny Baker MPAA Rating PG Review A return to the material that…

The Empire Strikes Back Rating Director Irvin Kershner Screenplay Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas Length 2h 04m Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, David Prowse, Frank Oz, Alec Guinness, Jeremy Bulloch, James Earl Jones (uncredited) MPAA Rating PG Review Three years after…

Star Wars Rating Director George Lucas Screenplay George Lucas Length 2h 01m Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, David Prowse, Phil Brown, Shelagh Fraser, James Earl Jones (uncredited) MPAA Rating PG Review Ascetic monks and hermits. These are probably the only two types of…

American Fiction Rating Director Cord Jefferson Screenplay Cord Jefferson Length 1h 57m Starring Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, Keith David, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Raymond Anthony Thomas, Okieriete Onaodowan MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here Review There is no end of themes…

Strange Way of Life (Short Film) Rating Director Pedro Almodóvar Screenplay Pedro Almodóvar Length 31m Starring Ethan Hawke, Pedro Pascal, Pedro Casablanc, Manu Ríos, George Steane, José Condessa, Jason Fernández, Sara Sálamo, Oihana Cueto, Daniela Medina MPAA Rating R Review Foreign cinema often gave queer topics and queer stories more nuanced representation than American cinema.…