Tag Archives: time travel

A New Cinematic Chiasmus Takes Flight

Posted on February 18, 2025 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Flight of the Navigator is one of my favorite films. I loved it growing up, and I enjoy it even more as an adult. The acting is incredible, the story is equal parts mystery and wish fulfillment, and the special … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinematic Chiasmus | Tagged 1980s, chiasmus, disney, films, flight of the navigator, movie review, movies, science fiction, time travel | 3 Comments

I Didn’t Realize People Thought So Poorly of Back to the Future Part III

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Ah, the foibles of youth. Growing up, I used to read my local newspaper, and I especially enjoyed the section that focused on what was on TV that week. This was back when local channels and cable were big. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies That Improve | Tagged 1980s, back to the future, comedy, films, movie review, movies, science fiction, sequels, time travel, trilogy, western genre | 6 Comments

Star Trek IV Is Star Trek: The Motion Picture with Jokes

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

A mysterious probe is on a direct course for Earth, and James T. Kirk is the only thing standing in its way. Does this describe Star Trek: The Motion Picture or Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home? Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Matchups | Tagged comedy, films, movie review, movies, science fiction, sequels, space, star trek, time travel, voyager | 6 Comments

My Kids’ First Time Watching a Star Trek Film

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Last week, my oldest son (who is 8 years old) told me he was really interested in whales. He’s been learning about them in school, and once something piques his interest there is no stopping him in his quest for … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged 1980s, animals, childhood, comedy, family, films, funny, humor, movie review, movies, personal, science fiction, sequels, spock, star trek, time travel, whales | 2 Comments

Forgotten Film Gems: Frequency

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

There are two kinds of people: those who love Frequency and those who haven’t seen it yet. Those are the words of my younger brother Kevin. He has been asking me to review Frequency almost since I created the Deja … Continue reading →

Posted in Forgotten Film Gems | Tagged baseball, fathers, films, frequency, history, movie review, movies, relationships, science fiction, sons, time travel | 3 Comments

5 Ways Marty McFly Could Get Rich Without the Sports Almanac

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

In Back to the Future Part II, when Doc Brown discovered that Marty McFly was going to take lucrative information about the future back to the past (in the form of a Sports Almanac), he was furious. He didn’t want … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged 1980s, back to the future, comedy, films, fun, future, money, movie review, movies, nostalgia, science fiction, sequels, technology, time travel, vietnam, wealth | 5 Comments

Short Stories That Grew Into Big Films

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Films can come from anywhere. They can be original ideas or adaptations of stories from other media. When they’re based on literature, they usually have a lot of source material to draw from. But what happens when they’re based on … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged 2001 a space odyssey, action movies, christopher nolan, comic books, david cronenberg, films, horror, memento, movies, movies based on books, philip k dick, ray bradbury, science fiction, short stories, spiderman, stanley kubrick, stephen king, steven spielberg, time travel, total recall | 8 Comments

The Best Time-Travel Movie You’ve Never Heard of: Timescape

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

What I love about Timescape is that, like any good time-travel story, it isn’t about time travel. It’s about a father’s love for his daughter. The time travel is simply a vessel for exploring what a father would do to try to save his daughter. Continue reading →

Posted in Forgotten Film Gems | Tagged action movies, david twohy, films, jeff daniels, love, movie review, movies, relationships, science fiction, time travel, timescape | 8 Comments

Why Terminator: Genisys Is a Good Movie

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Terminator: Genisys ends the series on a high note by bringing back a lot of what made me love this series in the first place. It shows that all that stuff may be old, but it’ll never be obsolete. Continue reading →

Posted in Pleasant Surprises | Tagged action movies, arnold schwarzenegger, films, movie franchise, movie reboot, movie review, movies, relationships, romance, science fiction, sequels, terminator, time travel | 3 Comments

Unidentified Flying Oddball – What Were They Thinking?

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I had planned on writing a Forgotten Film Gem article this week about a 1979 Disney film called Unidentified Flying Oddball. I hadn’t seen it in years, but I remembered enough good things about it that I figured it would … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged bad movies, comedy, disney, films, fun, funny, humor, jokes, movie review, movies, movies based on books, NASA, puns, relationships, romance, science fiction, space, space exploration, time travel | 2 Comments