Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) returns in this sequal to the 1985 smash Back to the Future.
Though four years have elapsed since the original, little has changed in the movie, and in fact it starts right where the first one left off – in the driveway of Marty’s house, right after Doc (Christopher Lloyd) has dropped him off after their adventures in time.
The only major difference is that Jennifer, Marty’s girlfriend, is no longer played by Claudia Wells – instead, Elisabeth Shue takes over.
Other than that, it’s pretty much business as usual – except that Doc has returned from the future, and he’s got some bad news. It seems that Marty’s kids (and Jennifer’s – they are married in the future) are getting into trouble, and they need to make sure that they can save them. Thus begins the second episode of the trilogy. What happens when they get there sets the stage not only for this installment, but the next one as well.
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Family on November 18th, 2006 by Chad Everett
Danny O’Shea (Rick Moranis) was always the last kid picked when it came to just about anything, but especially in football. This fact was always made worse by the fact that his brother, Kevin, wasn’t just Kevin, he was the great Kevin O’Shea (Ed O’Neill), who won the Heisman Trophy in college and had an amazing career.
Now he’s a car salesman, but he’s still the great Kevin O’Shea, and his Cowboys are the team to be on. When Danny’s daughter Becky, also know as The Icebox (Shawna Waldron) is denied a spot on the team, everyone knows it is because she is a girl. After all, The Icebox is the best player in town – what else could it be?
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Family on August 19th, 2006 by Chad Everett
This rehash of the “switch body” theme is anything but boring.
Anna (Lindsay Lohan) is a bit of a slacker who just wants her mom to leave her alone – especially since her mom is getting married, and this boyfriend isn’t Anna’s dad.
Other than that one flaw, he’s not a bad guy. Anna’s mom Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis) probably just needs to loosen up a little – but that doesn’t mean she’s ready to do so, unless she’s forced into it.
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Drama on July 8th, 2006 by Chad Everett
Before Denzel Washington became a household name he starred in this film about an up-and-coming LA district attorney who is being haunted by a criminal who he put away a number of years before (and who, coincidentally, started his rise up the political ladder).
The criminal, Earl Talbott Blake (John Lithgow), recently escaped from prison, and in a brilliant move, shot one of his escape buddies and burned the body to pass him off as himself, so that he could operate under-the radar. What better than to have people think you are dead?
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