On This Day in 1995: Remembering APOLLO 13...

30 years ago today, Apollo 13 was released in theaters nationwide.

This is one of Ron Howard's best movies (and definitely one of the best space flicks of all time) and contains one of the best film scores by the late James Horner...who went on to compose music for director James Cameron on the 1997 Oscar winner Titanic and 2009's Best Picture nominee Avatar.

Speaking of the Academy Awards, Apollo 13 was nominated for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (for Ed Harris), Best Supporting Actress (for Kathleen Quinlan), Best Film Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Production Design, Best Visual Effects, Best Original Score and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 68th Academy Awards on March 25, 1996.

Apollo 13 took home trophies for Best Film Editing and Best Sound Mixing, respectively.

A Day of Moviegoing at Regal Edwards...

Gettin' ready to watch F1: The Movie today!

A Day of Moviegoing at AMC Theatres...

Gettin' ready to watch M3GAN 2.0 today!

A Day of Moviegoing at Regal Edwards...

Gettin' ready to watch 28 Years Later this afternoon!

Another Day of Moviegoing at AMC Theatres...

Gettin' ready to watch Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (which celebrated the 35th anniversary of its theatrical release last year) today...

The last time I saw The Last Crusade at the movie theater—which was an AMC, to be exact—was on June 9, 1989 (according to my personal journal)!

A Day of Moviegoing at AMC Theatres...

Gettin' ready to watch How to Train Your Dragon (not in IMAX) this afternoon!

Get Ready for SPACEBALLS 2!

Earlier today, legendary filmmaker Mel Brooks released the funny trailer below announcing that Spaceballs 2—the long-awaited(?) sequel to the 1987 Star Wars spoof Spaceballs—is now in development!

According to Deadline, Spaceballs 2 will bring back Brooks himself as President Skroob and Yogurt, while Bill Pullman and Rick Moranis (who interestingly didn't come out of retirement from acting for 2021's Ghostbusters: Afterlife or 2024's Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire) will reprise their roles as Lone Starr and Dark Helmet, respectively. Keke Palmer (of 2022's Nope and this year's One of Them Days) and Pullman's son Lewis Pullman (of 2022's Top Gun: Maverick and this year's Thunderbolts*) will appear in Spaceballs 2 as well.

No specific release date has been set yet, but the Schwartz awakens in 2027. Can't wait!

A Day of Moviegoing at AMC Theatres...

Gettin' ready to watch the John Wick spinoff flick Ballerina today!

A Quick Update on STAR WARS: STARFIGHTER...

So I just read online that Mia Goth—who was amazing in such horror flicks as 2023's Infinity Pool and 2024's MaXXXine—has been cast in 2027's Star Wars: Starfighter...which will be directed by Deadpool & Wolverine's Shawn Levy and star Ryan Gosling.

Unsurprisingly, Goth will be playing the lead villain in Starfighter. According to online reports, Goth will portray an antagonist who's after the young nephew of Gosling's character in the Star Wars spinoff flick. It remains to be seen if Goth's villain will be a former member of the First Order or Final Order...since Starfighter is supposed to take place just five years after the events of 2019's The Rise of Skywalker.

Some Sequel Trilogy characters (like Oscar Isaac's Poe Dameron, which would make sense since he's a starfighter pilot) may return in this film!

Star Wars: Starfighter is set to hit theaters nationwide on May 28, 2027.

A Day of Moviegoing at AMC Theatres...

Gettin' ready to watch Karate Kid: Legends today!