“Batman” is the film that made me understand and ultimately appreciate just what a summer blockbuster should be. 

“Uncle Buck” is a comedy that could have fallen flat but is elevated by talents of its star and director, who both show an evolution in their craft.

Kirk being forced from multiple directions to deal with his own mortality and the mortality of those he loves after a career of cheating death and the no-win situation is what makes this the best of Star Trek.

“Back to the Future” makes the the year 1985, awash in decay and stagnation, Kansas while the year 1955, bristling with innocence and promise, stands in as Oz.

Chuck Russell’s 1988 remake of the original 1958 film is a prime example of something that would qualify as a B Movie that far surpasses its original source material.

There is still a special fondness in my heart for “Jaws: The Revenge”, no matter how atrociously bad it is in both concept and execution.

You never know when the creepy skeletons in your mind’s closet are going to come out and make a night’s sleep a disturbing experience.

The other constant in life is that “Airplane!”, the 1980 spoof of the disaster movie genre from directors Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker, is still the funniest movie ever made.

Like a lot of kids that grew up in the suburbs in the 1980s, “The Goonies” spoke to a sense of wonder and adventure that could be right around the corner in your backyard.