E.T. The Thing from Another World

Henry Thomas. Photo: Universal When Richard Attenborough accepted his two Oscars for Gandhi in 1983, he acknowledged the fact that he had just beaten one of the favorites. "I was…

Twister 

When Bill Harding and his girlfriend (Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz) go to see his soon-to-be ex-wife (Helen Hunt) to get the divorce papers signed, they get caught up chasing tornadoes…

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 

In 1938, Indy (Harrison Ford) joins his father (Sean Connery) in the quest for the Holy Grail, but the Nazis turn out to be devious competitors. The third film is…

Jurassic Park III 

Paul (William H. Macy) and Amanda Kirby (Téa Leoni) head for the dinosaur islands to find their son who went missing there while paragliding; the couple trick paleontologist Alan Grant…

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

In 1930s India, Henry Jones (Harrison Ford), a young partner of his (Ke Huy Quan) and a nightclub singer (Kate Capshaw) get involved in the search for a stolen, mystical…

The Lost World: Jurassic Park 

When paleontologist Sarah Harding (Julianne Moore) decides to go to John Hammond's (Richard Attenborough) second dinosaur-inhabited island, her boyfriend (Jeff Goldblum) reluctantly joins the expedition. Regarding the script, there’s nothing…

Raiders of the Lost Ark: Meet Dr. Jones 

Harrison Ford. Photo: Paramount In the beginning, before there was a movie, everybody involved did their part in contributing bright ideas to the project that would become the best adventure…

Jaws: A Whale of an Adventure

Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss. Photo: Universal In 1975, scientists knew a thing or two about sharks. The public, however, seemed to be largely ignorant. That must be…

Back to the Future Part III

Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) is stuck in 1885 and will be murdered, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) learns, unless he can travel back in time from 1955 and warn the…