Back to the Future

7 movie characters who should have been arrested

Doc Brown

People in movies do things that the rest of us can’t do – they fly, they ride dragons, they travel back in time, they bang Megan Fox – and sometimes that even extends to the world of the law. Occasionally, a movie character will do something outrageously illegal only to get away with it completely. Read more

The folks who made a ‘Jurassic Park’ game borrow’s a guy’s ‘Jurassic Park’ jeep & totally messed it up

jp

So what does one do in such a situation? You bitch about it on the internet, that’s what. Read more

PAX 2011: Time to check out some of the indie offerings

pax

Last weekend’s PAX wasn’t all about all the AAA titles (plus wannabes) that will be pushed later this holiday season and beyond. Just like in the film and music, often the best things are by the little guys that hardly anyone speaks of. So time now to earn your indie game cred. Read more

VIDEO: dAlH2Orean, a remote-controlled car inspired by Back to the Future

Screen shot 2011-04-17 at 11.13.00 PM

As you may know, I love Back to the Future. Can you blame me? After all, Doc Brown and Marty McFly told us — eventually untrue, sadly — tales about the future where there would be flying cars powered by garbage, hoverboards, and different manners of transporting manure. Plus, you know, I’m a American. Thankfully, ... Read more

7 ’80s male film characters we’d most want to hang out with

jeff spicoli

No other decade seems to represent teen comedies as well as the 1980s. Not that the actors or screenwriters were any more talented back then, but the teen comedy had come into its own and the ideas were fresh. Fast forward 25 years, and it all seems played out. Whether popular or not, the characters ... Read more

‘Back to the Future Episode 1′ now on iPad

Back to the Future iPad

When I found out on Saturday that Telltale had finally created a version of their popular “Back to the Future” game for the iPad, I downloaded it so fast that … I didn’t realize it was an “HD adventure.” If you’re unsure exactly what that entails, it’s not precisely a “game” so much as a ... Read more

“Back to the Future” fan recreates movie to propose to girlfriend

corey-goldfeder-back-to-the-future

“Back to the Future” is one of those films that people really still obsess over even today. And if you doubt that claim, look no further than Corey Goldfeder, a man who proposed to his girlfriend by recreating a scene from the film and arranging a showing for her at a local movie theatre. Read more

7 cars from 80s film and TV that you wanted to own as a kid

I was on Hulu the other day and ran across this clip from a show from the SPEED channel, where they were selling one of the cars used in one of my all-time favorite films “Ghostbusters.” I can’t tell if Ernie Hudson comes with the car…or maybe drives it around to bust ghosts with you ... Read more