"What Happens Later" is a romantic comedy film about a divorced couple who run into each other at an airport when their flights get delayed due to a snowstorm. Director and star Meg Ryan has created an interesting movie where the entire screen time of 104 minutes is [..]

An epic motion picture franchise and international cultural phenomenon started in 1977 with "Star Wars." The story, which takes place "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away," focuses on the Rebel Alliance, led by one Princess Leia Organa and later by Luke Skywalker, a farm [..]

George Lucas hit a home run with his first sequel to the mega-hit "Star Wars" of 1977. "The Empire Strikes Back" was a big hit with critics and fans alike, becoming the highest grossing movie of 1980. The story has Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine pursing [..]

Ten years after the end of the "Star Trek" television series on NBC, Gene Roddenberry and Paramount Pictures finally released "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" in 1979. The film is set three hundred years in the future, and tells the story of a mysterious and destructive cloud [..]

After a big misfire in "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (1979), and its poor reception from critics and the general public, Paramount Pictures struck gold with the second picture "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan." The brass at Paramount removed creator Gene Roddenberry from [..]

Executive producer George Lucas brought the original "Star Wars" trilogy (1977 & 1980) to a classy conclusion with "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi." The crisp direction by Richard Marquand ("Eye of the Needle" 1981) and a marvelous screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas [..]

Sean Connery made a triumphant return as James Bond in "Never Say Never Again," twelve years after leaving the franchise in 1971's "Diamonds Are Forever." This is a loose remake of 1965's "Thunderball," and was not produced under the auspices of, nor sanctioned by, Eon Productions. (One other, [..]

"Octopussy" is pretty much typical James Bond fare: Lots of action, exotic locations, villains, beautiful women. The story has Bond assigned to solve the murder of 009 in East Germany clutching a fake Faberge egg. The trail leads to location shoots in India, West Germany, [..]

Jackie Gleason dominated the motion picture screen as his reprised his role of Sheriff Buford T. Justice in "Smokey and the Bandit Part 3." With a lackluster screenplay by Stuart Birnbaum and poor directing by Dick Lowry ("Kenny Rogers as The Gambler" 1980), and without stars Burt Reynolds [..]

"Love Again" is a romantic-comedy-drama that tells the story of a woman coping with the loss of her boyfriend by sending text messages to his old phone number, not realizing it was reassigned to a new person, a male journalist. He becomes captivated by her missives and [..]