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- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul FreemanIn 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.
- DirectorGeorge LucasStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherLuke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.I have little objectivity about this film which is plastered across my late childhood and early adulthood. Must specify the pre-special edition. The movie was cheapened and weakened and (if possible) infantilized by some re-cutting and CGI Research and development. Han shoots a bounty hunter under the table whose gun was drawn and who had verbally promised him death; we want Han to kill this creature and we laugh at the glib aftermath. George Lucas of 1977 knew what he was doing.
- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.The special edition isn't as damaging with this one, but a simple "Bring my shuttle" is replaced with a more convoluted line and the DVD replaced the original Emperor hologram with the actor who took over in Jedi and a few of the lines have more spoon-fed wording.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea ThompsonMarty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.There is more at stake emotionally in this original BTTF movie. The sequels were not especially necessary and are not essential viewing, but they are superficial fun. The original is a structurally sound screenplay so well directed it is like a dance and it is all supported by the story and clearly drawn characters.
- DirectorRichard MarquandStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebel Alliance attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.Yes, it has Ewoks and a few too many cut-aways of Jabba's palace guests and it has the burdon of tying up what was ambiguous and mysterious about the previous film. Avoid the BluRay if posible because the climax is ruined by a yell imported from the last prequel, "Noooooo!" The 1997 special edition also introduced an annoying "Jedi Rocks" musical numebr that replaced the more subdued number in the original release. If you don't hate the Ewoks and their antics, you might prefer the "Yub Nub" celebration song over the special ed. Zamfir-style music. But over-all it is in good company. Shame to see deleted scenes that should have been left in of the Imperial General being asked to blast the planet and his own troops and hesitating.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard DreyfussWhen a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.I have a love-hate relationship with this movie because it ruined swimming for me. Very well directed and acted. Jaws 2 is actually under-rated and effective for a sequel, unlike those that followed. This is a director's movie with catharsis and not the aloofness of Citizen Kane.
- DirectorJoss WhedonStarsNathan FillionGina TorresChiwetel EjioforThe crew of the ship Serenity try to evade an assassin sent to recapture telepath River.After enjoying the boxed set of the series Firefly, it's good to settle down and watch the featrue length theatrical resolution in which a gas called Pax is used to calm and civilize people but some have a bad reaction and go mad. Joss Whedon getting his religion digs in.
- CreatorJoss WhedonStarsNathan FillionGina TorresAlan TudykFive hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.Counting this as a movie even though it is a short-lived TV series. Watch before Serenity. Don't be confised that the pilot episode is also called Serenity. That you can watch first. The tone is a little more humorous in the episodes that followed though. Captain Mal Reynolds is somewhat inspired by Han Solo and it is interesting to track series creator Joss Whedon's social commentary in this effective space western.
- DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.Such a fastinating and entertaining, layered movie that the seequels and experimental animations could not live up to it with all of their overexplanation and action-porn sequences that put the story on homd instead of advancing it. In the original not a moment is wasted. It's a kick to the balls of cinema, administered by Trinity.
- DirectorJames MangoldStarsSylvester StalloneHarvey KeitelRay LiottaThe Sheriff of a suburban New Jersey community, populated by New York City police officers, slowly discovers the town is a front for mob connections and corruption.Ensemble drama about a marginalized Sheriff coming to terms with the corruption of a cop community he serves amd the point where he has to draw the line.