At the beginning of the 5th and last Indian Jones movie, “Indiana Jones And The Dial of Destiny”, Indiana is back in the 1940s, once again fighting Nazis and through the use of amazing AI and CGI, he looks like he did in the original and best film of the series, released in 1981, “Raiders of the Lost Ark”. The action scenes at the beginning of this movie that occur mostly on a moving train, seem very similar to the action scenes in the first movie that involve moving vehicles. Most of this is very well done, but should have included some new ideas along the way, rather than action scenes that remind us of what we have seen before. While Raiders of the Lost Ark was one of the most groundbreaking movies ever produced, this 5th installment seems too much like the other 4 movies and nothing new. Considering that this is the last Indiana Jones movie, I would have expected some action scenes that have never been tried in any movie.

The other problems are the lack of continuity and some areas that are so illogical that you can drive a truck through them. There is a 12-year-old boy at the end of the movie, who is able to pilot a plane, after admitting he had never flown a plane before. There is a box containing another ancient clue at the bottom of the ocean that they are able to find – somehow, forgetting that there was no GPS in the year 1969 when the majority of this movie takes place. The “Dial of Destiny” is a time machine invented in the year 214 BC by Archimedes, and is somehow uncovered by the Nazis during World War II. The majority of this movie is about Indiana and his partner (the daughter of an archeologist friend of his Helena, played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge) trying to find the second half of this time machine – all the while being chased by a group of Nazis, led by Dr. Voller, played by Mads Mikkelsen.

Within the first half of this film, it was already obvious that the majority of this story will be all about Indiana Jones, Helena, and her 12-year-old friend Teddy, played by Ethann Isidore running from one chase scene to the next one. When you consider the money involved in this franchise, the fact that this is the last Indiana Jones film, and the fact that it has been 15 years since the last movie was released, all fans of this movie series will wonder why they did not take much more time writing and then re-writing a much better screenplay.

As with most stories involving time travel, the best of these was the Back to the Future movies, the story at the end of this movie started to get pretty ridiculous, especially how a group of people were able to fly into the past and then – somehow return to 1969. How this amazing feat was accomplished was not explained nearly enough.

It will be disappointing for many die-hard Indiana Jones fans to realize that the critics, mainly Rotten Tomatoes are giving this movie a low 67% rating – which is deserved. For a movie this important in the history of cinema, it is disappointing to see that the quality of this last installment was not nearly as good as it should have been. I recommend this movie for the most die-hard Indiana fans and for the rest of us looking for a great action movie, this one can be missed.

In the entire history of Television Situation Comedy, there are three all-time greats when it comes to timing and comedic rhythm. Bea Arthur, Betty White, and Michael J. Fox. There are other standouts, but for this extremely rare talent, these 3 comic greats are the best, in my opinion.

The story of Micheal J Fox started when he was just 17 years old in 1978 and just dropped out of high school, when his father drove him from Alberta Canada to Hollywood, to take a remote shot at somehow breaking into show business. Fox lived in the worst slum in Los Angeles in a horrible tiny apartment, where he barely had any bathroom and one sink as his kitchen. From some very low-paying bit parts in several television shows and small movies, Fox was barely able to pay the rent or have any money for about 3 years. Some of the questions that most people normally ask in a dire situation like this, is how long can anyone live in horrible conditions like this before you give up the dream? How many are in the same situation for too many years and never get their lucky break? Is it worth it for anyone to go through something like this for so long, hoping for a 1-in-a-million miracle to happen? Even if you knew going in you would break through somehow, how many of us would be willing to suffer in squalor and extreme poverty for so long? Just because Micheal J. Fox was both extraordinarily fortunate and talented, still does not make his huge success as a movie and television actor an expected result. Deserving something in life is only half the battle.

After 3 years of, according to Fox, “having absolutely zero money” and living in a horrible apartment within a slum where he had to sell his furniture just to survive, an incredible miracle happened. In 1982 when Fox auditioned for the part of Alex P. Keaton for the new sitcom “Family Ties”. Despite the fact that Fox was perfect for this role and the producer of this sitcom, the late Gary David Goldberg wanted him for this part, the head of NBC, Brandon Tartikoff rejected Fox. Despite all of this, Fox prevailed and started a career in television comedy and eventually movies, including the “Back to the Future” franchise that at the time in 1985 (when Fox was only 24) was the highest level of Hollywood success ever seen. Fox received a total of 5 Emmy awards, 3 for Family Ties, and was one of the rare actors in Hollywood who had major success both in movies and television. From the millions who have appreciated Michael J. Fox’s career and his talent as a comedic actor, we can only imagine what it must feel like to be so far down in life and then reach such huge fame and wealth so quickly.

In 1985, after the producers of Back to the Future wanted to replace the lead actor Eric Stolz with Fox, it was decided that Fox would star in both Family Ties and Back to the Future at the same time. This was a risky decision and resulted in Fox getting about 3 hours of sleep a day, for almost 4 months as he worked on Family Ties during the day and then Back to the Future at night. Fox not only pulled off this amazing feat of working almost 24 hours a day, but Back to the Future was a huge #1 hit in 1985 with Family Ties one of the highest-rated shows on Television. After almost 4 months of getting almost no sleep, we will never know if this caused health damage to Fox, eventually being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991. Fox’s good fortune also includes finding his wife of 35 years during several episodes of Family Ties, actress Tracy Pollan and having 4 children with her, all of whom appear in his outstanding documentary.

In recent years Fox’s Parkinson’s has become much worse, aging him far beyond 62 and his constant shakes are both far more prevalent and hard to witness in his rare television appearances and in this new documentary. Parkinson’s is one of the most debilitating and hard-to-live-with brain diseases, with the body constantly shaking as the neurological connections with the brain break down. There is no cure for Parkinson’s and it is eventually fatal, taking the life of Muhammad Ali in 2016.

The only good part about Micheal J. Fox’s lifelong struggle with Parkinson’s is entirely about how much good he has done with the charitable organization he has founded to fight the disease, so far raising over 2 billion dollars. Christopher Reeve did the same with his spinal research organization and Olivia Newton-John with her Australian Cancer Research facility. There is no greater understanding of the irony and mystery of life when someone can be so incredibly fortunate, and then they are hit with a horrible disease like Parkinson’s.

The Rotten Tomatoes rating for this great documentary is 99% with my rating of 100% and my highest recommendation.