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"Back to the Future IV"

Originals: Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) time travels through the ’50s, the old west and the 21st century (like, now) and attempts to return to the present without inadvertently becoming his own father.

The sequel: Teenage Marty McFly Jr.* (Michael Cera) and best friend/secret crush Madison Tannen (Evan Rachel Wood) discover Doc Brown's DeLorean hidden in a storage shed and take it for a joy ride, accidentally landing in 1985.

In this only-loosely-tied-to-the-originals “reboot,” the two nerdsters attempt to fit in by adopting the styles and lingo of the day. (Madison: “Seriously, 'Gag me with a spoon?' People actually said that?”) They try on various period clothing in a mall-set montage and crash a raucous high school dance featuring Huey Lewis and the News.

*Due to Michael J. Fox’s battles with Parkinson's Disease, another actor may need to step in as Marty Sr. Suggestions include Jason (“Teen Wolf Too”) Bateman, Eric (original Marty McFly) Stoltz or Matthew (original Alex P. Keaton) Broderick.