Saturday Afternoon at the Movies:

This will be my final Saturday Afternoon at the Movies until December.  I plan to participate in Art Every Day Month, or AEDM during November, and I have a few projects I must show before then.

My internet friends CJ and Kathy are part of this meme where you post your all time favorite films.   I'm not sure I have more than about FOUR favorite films, but I have films I have seen that I can share.  Some I've even seen more than once!  However, unlike CJ, who says the meme cites there is no need to explain why you like the film, I prefer the way my internet friend Birgit reviews films.   They are often hilarious, many times irreverent, but always really fun to read.  Her synopses are not to be missed. If you aren't familiar with her movie reviews, please check out her blog.  I assure you, you won't be disappointed and will probably come away either laughing or smiling.

One thing you should know about my choice is you won't find any "chick flicks" here and any romance is simply a side effect of the major overall film.  And I assure you, most of you will have heard or seen all three of the films I will review today.  I saw them all on TV, but it was several years ago.

The first film, Back to the Future, was shot first,

then the next two

were shot nearly simultaneously.  It later became a franchise and according to Wikipedia:

The Back to the Future franchise is an American science fiction–adventure comedy film series written and directed by Robert Zemeckis, produced by Bob Gale and Neil Canton for Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, and distributed by Universal Pictures. The franchise follows the adventures of a high school student, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), and an eccentric scientist, Dr. Emmett L. Brown (Christopher Lloyd), as they use a DeLorean time machine to time travel to different periods in the history of Hill Valley, California.

Thanks for visiting today.  You may be able to rent these, but I doubt you will find them on either Netflix or Amazon Prime.  This franchise is big business and still pulls in money from cartoons, comics, etc.  I'll be back in December with more Saturday afternoon movies.