Movie Night #92:  Back to the Future (1985)
     Director:  Robert Zemeckis
     Cast:  Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F Wilson
     Plot:  Marty McFly (Fox) is a high school slacker in 1985, and an aspiring guitarist that wants to take his girlfriend out to the lake this weekend.  His father's (Glover) a looser who never got out of being picked on by the school bully (Wilson), and his mother's a conservative bore.  However, when Marty's friend Doc Brown (Lloyd) calls him one day and tells him to be in a parking lot at 1am, his life is in for a change.  Because Doc Brown has invented a time machine out of a car that, when it gets up to 88 MPH, will take you through time. 

During the initial test, however, the two are attacked by Libian terrorists.  Doc Brown is shot and Marty tries to escape in the time machine - and gets sent back to the year 1955!  Now Marty must undo any damage that he's done to the time stream, figure out a way to power the time machine, and get back to the future!

This movie series is just plain fun.  I don't typically enjoy time-travel movies, but this flick is an adventure first and a time-travel movie second.  Full of thrills, twists and turns, and a lot of comedy, Back to the Future is a series worthy of any DVD rack.  Plus, the Trilogy box set came jam-packed with special features up the wazoo (and I'm a sucker for special features).  Plus, you can't beat that classic 80s soundtrack, featuring music from Huey Lewis. 

Good for all ages, and enjoyable any time! 

The countdown to Movie Night #100 continues!  Although we've had some friends move away recently, this just means that there's plenty of room to expand the group (and there's currently ample room for sitting, assuming no one lounges on the couch).  Feel free to bring friends (just let me know in advance so I can make sure that we have enough room), and BYOB.  Movie Night #93 will go on this coming Friday as per usual!  Followed by helping Scott move into his new apartment on Saturday (9:30am, if you want to car pool, be at my place before 9am). 

See ya then!