Saturn 3 (1980)
Bleah. Best part? Farrah Fawcett.
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
Spacehunter: Adventures in Complicated Plot.
The Last Starfighter (1984)
Video game auditions space fighters.
Ninja’d on preview.
Next: films that share the title of a completely unrelated film (yes, [Rivkah] can think of more than three off the top of [her] head). Review one film or the other, or give a combined review, your choice. How you list the film[s] is up to you.
Crash (Cronenberg, 1996; and Haggis, 2004)
Haggis’s better. Cronenberg’s? Just weird.
Stardust (Apted, 1974; Vaughn, 2007)
Rise of rock star; excellent.
Bad Boys (Rosenthal, 1983; Bay, 1995)
Early Penn outing, good effort.
Next: Movies where the lead characters are supposed to be under 25 (even if the actors portraying them are not).
American Graffiti
Yougest “teen” 25; oldest, 27.
Grease
Worst offender: Stockard Channing, 36.
Back to the Future II & III
Michael Fox ages; Marty doesn’t.
Next: movies where actors played parent and child, who, due to real ages, could not be.
North by Northwest
Cary Grant’s mom too young
Mean Girls
Poehler, McAdams seven years apart
Watchmen
Akerman, Gugino just six years!
Next: Movies about troubled superheroes
Ninja’d on preview!
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Dad Sean Connery only 12 years older than son Harrison Ford.)
Connery? Ford? Action, adventure, wisecracks!
Tommy (Mom Ann-Margret only 3 years older than son Roger Daltrey.)
For Who and pinball aficionados.
Mean Girls (Mom Amy Poehler only 7 years older than daughter Rachel McAdams.)
A high school popularity contest.
Interesting we both had Mean Girls. 
Next: Movies about troubled superheroes.
The Return of Captain Invincible
Alcoholic has-been must stop Midnight!
Iron Man 3
Alien war’s unnerved Tony Stark.
Batman vs. Superman: the Dawn of Justice
Bruce Wayne has trust issues.
Next: movies about teenage romance.
Romeo and Juliet
Olivia Hussey was a stunner
A Little Romance
Diane Lane’s brainy, adorable debut
Endless Love
Brooke Shields no slouch, either
Next: Movies about romance late in life
Last Vegas
Mary Steenburgen still looks great.
The Sound of Music
Captain drops Baroness for Governess.
Grumpy Old Men
Lemmon, Matthau, chase after Ann-Margret.
Next: Movies about sports teams.
Miracle
I play for the USA!
The Bad News Bears
Bad news for the ________!
8 Men Out
Say it ain’t so, Joe!
Next: movies with a demolition derby scene.
Grandview USA
Love story at demolition derby.
Grand Theft Auto
Early Ron Howard directing effort.
Cars 3
McQueen attempts comeback; adopts protege.
Next: Movies not about golf, but with at least one scene that takes place on a golf course.
Goldfinger
Oddjob clearly an atypical caddy
Heaven Can Wait
Even billionaires need to relax
Animal House
ROTC jerk’s horse hit, runs
Next: Movies with no more than one horse in them
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
Horse is likened to Fonda.
The Godfather
Mister Woltz finds unwelcome bedmate.
Bachelor Party
Donkey? Close enough: genus Equus.
Next: Films where radio broadcasters play a prominent role.
Pump up the Volume
Teenage ham starts a revolution.
Up in the Air
From 1940: singer murdered mid-broadcast.
Tune in Tomorrow
Hollywood All-star as usual lukewarm.
Next: films that did poorly in first run, but picked up audiences over time.
The Wizard of Oz
Annual television broadcasts yielded fame.
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai in the 9th Dimension
Or any other cult classic.
Fantasia
Lack of success crushed Walt.
Next: The saddest movies you’ve ever seen.
Broken Blossoms
I cry just remembering it.
Penny Serenade
Can’t watch it twice. 
And the Band Played on…
A movie people should see.
Next: movies you’ve seen more than three times.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Best experience is at cinema.
The Wizard of Oz
“There’s no place like home.”
Casablanca
Excellent cast; story still gripping.
Next: More movies you’ve seen more than three times.
The Hobbit (1977)
Grew up watching it weekly
The Thing
Still gives me chills, paranoia
Aliens
Always watched during D&D sleepovers
Next:
Movies you have at some point watched weekly and thus seen uncountable numbers of times.
Pinocchio
When my daughter was young.
Muppet Treasure Island
When my grandson was young.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Also because of my grandson.
Next: Movies before 1980 featuring computers.
Aliens (1979)
Talk about “the mother ship.”
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)
Kurt Russell gets computer brain.
Demon Seed (1977)
Julie Christie raped by computer.
Next: old movies featuring real things that hadn’t been invented, but eventually were. (Like the security CCTV in Werewolf of London, and yes, you can use that.)
A Trip to the Moon (1902)
Méliès film far predated Apollo
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Genetic engineering carries big risks
Things to Come (1936)
Biological weapons threaten human civilization
Next: Post-1980 sf films that you think might be accurate in their predictions of the future