Time After Time (1979)

 

This movie is based on a book by the same name. There’s also a recent more TV show. The premise is that HG Wells shows his friend John Stevenson his time machine only to soon realize that John is Jack the Ripper. When Stevenson uses Wells’ to escape the police, Wells follows Stevenson to the future to prevent him from continuing his reign of terror. A fun time travel romp. 

Revenge of the Sith (2005)

 

Darth Vader is one of my favorite villains of all time. And since these movies were prequels, we always knew what would become of the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker in the end. That doesn’t mean it is any less heartbreaking. That doesn’t mean that I don’t scream at the screen to let Palpatine die. Listen to Obi Wan. Raise your children with your wife in peace. This movie shows the final transformation of Jedi Anakin Skywalker to Sith Lord Darth Vader. It shows how Palpatine manipulated him by playing on his fears for Padme. It is the making of a great villain and the downfall of a great hero. 

Godzilla King of the Monsters (2019)

 

The third movie in the MonsterVerse, sees scientist Emma Russell joining up with  a terrorist group to free various Titans in order to “cure” the earth of human life and technology. Godzilla must fight for dominance against such classic monsters as Rodan, Mothra, and the alien Ghidorah, the biggest threat to mankind. The movie has very little plot, but if you just want to see monsters destroying cities, I highly suggest this movie. 

Aliens (1986)

 

My friend says the Alien franchise ends after  this movie, although he really liked the most recent one so he might be revising that opinion. If the first movie was a slow burn horror, this next movie is a horror action film. Once again Ripley must battle the scary aliens that are trying to kill her crew when the crazy company goes back to their territory. Such a great action horror scifi! 

Kong: Skull Island (2017)

The second of the Monsterverse movies, Kong Skull Island introduces Kong to the franchise. A period piece taking place in 1973, Kong takes place shortly after the Vietnam War. A group of scientists approach a US Army unit to approach Skull Island. When they start dropping bombs to map the island’s interior, they anger Kong enough to retaliate. It is, I think, my favorite Kong movie ever. 

 

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The original science fiction story written in 1818. According to lore, Shelley was at a house party with her husband and Lord Byron. Byron challenged everyone there to write a ghost story and Shelley came up with this text. It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein who creates a monster that he then abandons to the world. As you can imagine this doesn’t end well. I don’t really want to say more just in case you’ve never read the story, but I think we all know what happens. 

 

Alien (1979)

 

The original Alien movie first introduces us to Ripley and the other members of the Company. The characters land on a planet to discover a vicious alien species. What follows is a fight for survival on the Nostromo. The movie is a great one and a classic case of science fiction horror.