The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987)

 

Jane Watson is bankrupt. She has to sell her English country estate belonging to John Watson (yes, that John Watson). When she goes in, she finds a cryogenic chamber containing one Sherlock Holmes who had come down with Bubonic Plague when he received a booby trapped gift. After curing Holmes, they both go back to America. Jane and Holmes are then pulled into a modern mystery greatly resembling the classic Conan Doyle story “The Sign of the Four.” It is really a decent modern Holmes story. 

Rogue One (2016)

 

Taking place shortly before the events of A New Hope, Rogue One is about the people trying to get the plans for the Death Star safely into the Rebellion’s hands. There are no Jedi, although Chirrut Imwe is a sort of Force wielder. What I loved about this movie is that it was all new characters. Yes Darth Vader makes an appearance and so does an AI Moff Tarkin. Bail Organa does make an appearance. And a bad AI Princess Leia. But for the most part the main characters are people completely new to the franchise. So you don’t know how their story is going to end. And it’s refreshing. 

Rodan (1956)

 

When a mining company digs far down into the earth, they awaken Rodan a giant pterodactyl like creature capable of flying at supersonic speeds. Part of the Toho Godzilla series. It’s stupid, but still fun!

Only a Tranq by ValmureEld

A little one shot where Claire is freaking out because Owen was shot with a raptor tranquilizer in Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom. It’s short and it’s fun.

 https://archiveofourown.org/works/15019187

 

The Undiscovered Country (1991)

 

In this movie, Kirk and McCoy are accused of killing a Klingon High Chancellor and sentenced to life imprisonment on a prison planet. The crew of the Enterprise, not believing that their captain would do such a thing despite his issues with the klingons, set off to rescue them and thwart a conspiracy to end hostilities with the klingons. One of the better original Star Trek movies.

The Hunger Games (2012)

 

A pretty faithful adaptation of the book and one of the best survival movies I’ve seen in a while. Let’s be honest here I’m not the biggest fan of dystopia media. In fact I wasn’t that crazy about the other books/movies in this series which is why they won’t be talked about here. But I like this first book/movie. I guess because there is a little bit of survival wrapped in it. A thought about whether or not Katniss is going to survive the Hunger Games. It’s as enjoyable as any of these kind of movies can be.

Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993-1997)

 

Basically the Superman story. We have all the characters, Lois Lane, Clark Kent, Lex Luthor, Jimmy Olsen, ect. One thing I noticed about this story is that they concentrate a lot more on the relationship between Lois and Clark than some of the others. I remember enjoying it although I haven’t watched it in years.