Tag Archives: Christopher Lloyd

Favorite Films: Back to the Future

“Wait a minute, Doc. Ah… Are you telling me that you built a time machine… out of a DeLorean?” Great movies, and great stories in general, come about in many different ways. But with great science fiction, there is one … Continue reading

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MMV: The Power of Love

This week, the Monday Music Video goes back in time to 1985. Which is pretty much the usual time that it goes back to, so that in and of itself isn’t anything special. But “time” is very much of the … Continue reading

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Star Trek III: The Search For Spock

The Star Trek movies that I’ve seen have mostly been like the Star Trek episodes in one key respect: they each tell a complete story, in and of themselves. While there is a sense of ongoing continuity between them, they … Continue reading

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Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road

There’s a scene early in Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road that sets both the tone and the theme of this peculiar little comedy. Ray, an eccentric doctor played by the eccentric Christopher Lloyd in a cameo, is administering a … Continue reading

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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Released in 1984, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension was the first film directed by W.D. Richter, and nearly his last; he would direct only one other film, 1991’s Late For Dinner, though he would write screenplays … Continue reading

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Goin’ South

There are some things that are always interesting when it comes to movies. Films directed by someone primarily known as an actor, especially if they also star in the same film. Genre-blending, such as comedy-westerns. Film debuts of actors and … Continue reading

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