BACK IN TIME [2015]

It might not be essential viewing but director Jon Aron's Back to the Future documentary, Back in Time, comes out during it's 30 year anniversary making it a no-brainer must-see for fans of the time-travelling trilogy.
Covering the production of the film, it's obsessed fans and the cultural impact the series made, the film manages to explore quite a bit in it's hour and a half running time.  There were a few moments that had me wondering why it was in the film but for the most part, as a fan, it's a wonderful companion to the series that wipes the bad taste of that nasty Kirk Cameron-hosted BTTF doc that came out so many years ago.

3 Skytrains for the Doc out of 5

BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III [1990]

My favorite of the three as I am a sucker for western settings and some of the missing charm of Part 2 returns, particularly in this one's Biff character. While he is still homicidal, he does it with the doofus sensibility that Part 2 lacked. And the western setting gives more room for both time travel consequences and time travel jokes which is good. Some of the rationalizations for the time machine itself are a bit convenient, but the plot wouldn't exist without them, so I'll let it slide. There is a visible formula showing, but the writers must have at least been partly aware of it as they make jokes about the series itself at times. New setting, solid formula and a nice pithy maxim at the end.

4½ A scientist who can't make his own gas out of 5

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BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II [1989]

Picks up exactly where Part 1 left off with Doc whisking Marty off onto another adventure with new settings and some that overlap with scenes of the first film (It is time travel after all). The overlap might confuse stupid people, but I think it was handled very well. The often cheesy far future scenes are some of the most recognizable in cinema and there is some editing that must have been a technical pain before digital. Despite that, I find this installment less charming than part 1, but it still gains points for being part of a classic trilogy and the technical aspects.

4 Fuck cancer cure. Where is my hoverboard, Science? out of 5

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Back to the Future (1985)

Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time and must find a way back home while making sure his parents first meeting takes place as Marty’s presence in the timeline has disrupted past events.
The Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg Sci-Fi Comedy masterpiece is still a joy to watch. Michael J. Fox plays both the comedic and dramatic parts well while Christopher Lloyd as the eccentric Doc Brown is so iconic, it’s hard to imagine anyone else who could have played him. The detail that was put into the film is great and still inspires arguments about logical time travel consequences. Absolutely fantastic.

5 We don’t need roads out of 5

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