"Stargate" premieres 1994

I found this movie to be surprisingly good!  Stargate, released October 28, 1994, is a science fiction movie mixed with ancient Egypt overtones.  It starred Kurt Russell (swoon!), James Spader, who is actually tolerable in it, and Jaye Davidson.  French Stewart, from Third Rock from the Sun, made his movie debut as Lt. Ferretti. Roland Emmerich directed the blockbuster.  

For a while, it set the record for highest-grossing release in October, bringing in well over $71M.  Of course, the critics didn't like it. But they don't like anything.

Stargate won a Saturn Award (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films) for Best Science Fiction Film.

"The Day After Tomorrow" released 2004

The Day After Tomorrow, released May 28, 2004, has been panned as one of the most scientifically inaccurate movies ever, but its still a fun movie.  There are worse ways of spending a couple of hours watching Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal and Dash Mihok.

Directed by Roland Emmerich, who likes these apocalyptic type movies (see 2012), the movie has a huge global storm over the northern hemisphere that plunges the Earth into a new Ice Age within a matter of days.  Of course, it's extremely unlikely but it's got great special effects.  I also enjoyed seeing Sela Ward, Ian Holm and Tamlyn Tomita.