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Besides Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Back To The Future is my second favorite time traveling comedy because it's loaded with great special effects, awesome tunes including Huey Lewis's Power Of Love and a entertaining story.

Michael J. Fox is funny & talented having seen him perform on television and in film, his character Marty McFly is a typical 1980's teenager whose about to go on the most unexpected journey of his life. Other cast members include Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson, Wendie Jo Sperber, Thomas F. Wilson, Claudia Wells, Marc McClure, James Tolkan, Billy Zane and Christopher Lloyd as scientist & inventor Emmett Brown.

Back To The Future tells the tale of a 17 year old boy who gets transported back to the 50's via a time machine, he meets his teen aged parents and must somehow get them to fall in love or else the existence of him and his siblings will be in jeopardy. What follows is a hysterically, scientific adventure as Marty must enlist the help of 1955 Doc (Lloyd) in order to return home to 1985.

This 80's treasure has become one of my favorites due to the hilarious fun and memorable lines.

Halloween II is one of the scariest entries in the series since the original Halloween, this sequel offers more gory scenes and a faster pace. One of the things I like most about horror films is the fact that they get you to react to it's mysterious content.

Jamie Lee Curtis is back and better than ever as heroine Laurie Strode the only survivor of a escaped mental patient's murderous spree. Donald Pleasence returns in top form as Doctor Loomis the only person who knows better than anyone how dangerous the killer is.

The hauntingly brilliant score that plays at the beginning of the film sets the stage for the story which takes on a darker tone, John Carpenter created and performed the music with Alan Howarth which was superb.

I'm a fan of 80's movies and The Heavenly Kid was a nice yet charming story filled with emotion, drama and just the right touch of romance added to it. The story is about a a teenage rebel who died in a car accident in the late 60's and is sent down to earth in the 80's on a mission to help a nerdy young man and gain his entrance into heaven.

Lewis Smith was perfect as Bobby Fantana he played the part of a rebellious greaser very well. During the film his character discovers quite a few surprises along the way and learns the importance of sacrifice and getting a second chance. Jane Kaczmarek in her days before Malcolm In The Middle was well casted as Bobby's former girlfriend Emily and the mother of the young lad he was sent to help.

In the 1960's Bobby Fantana (Smith) is a rebellious, greaser with attitude who challenges Joe Barnes(Metcalf) to a game of chicken after he made a pass at his girlfriend Emily. Bobby wins the race but unfortunately isn't able to get out of the car in time and dies in an explosion. 17 to 18 years later he's given an assignment and that is to help an awkward kid become more confident aiding him in the job is his guide Rafferty (Mulligan). Once on earth he meets his project who turns out to be geeky Lenny Barnes (Gedrick) a teen in love with a popular girl named Sharon. Soon enough Bobby begins working his magic and the once shy young man becomes more confident and cool.However with this newfound coolness Lenny becomes cockier and defiant towards friends and family. During the course of the story Bobby discovers that Lenny's mom is his former girlfriend and that she's married to Joe his old rival.

There is a scene where he makes himself visible to Emily and they spend a nice night out reminiscing and then she drops the biggest bombshell of all Bobby is Lenny's father. Trouble soon arises when Rafferty informs him that Lenny is going to die in the same manner as he did, it's then that Bobby learns about the true meaning of love and sacrifice when he decides to give up his soul in order to prevent his son's death.

Filled with nice music and a good ending The Heavenly Kid is a pleasant surprise for anyone who deserves another chance at life.