I couldn’t let today go by without pointing this out.

Today is the 25th anniversary of the theatrical release of Back to the Future, my favorite movie of all time.

Here’s the original New York Times review, from 25 years ago today, July 3, 1985.

A few days ago, Universal Studios announced that they’ll be releasing the trilogy on Blu-Ray this fall — on October 26, 2010, the 25th anniversary of the day in 1985 that Marty McFly goes back in time.

I saw the movie twice during the summer of 1985, and since then I’ve seen it more times than I can count. I can recite almost every line of the movie in its proper intonation.

Sam: Ho ho ho, look at it roll! Now we can watch Jackie Gleason while we eat!

Lorraine: It’s our first television set. Dad just picked it up today… do you have a television?

Marty: Well, yeah, you know, we have… two of them.

Milton: Wow, you must be rich!

Stella: Oh honey, he’s teasing you, nobody has two television sets.

(Ralph Kramden appears on the TV screen in his space costume.)

Marty: Hey, hey, I’ve seen this one, I’ve seen this one! This is a classic! This is where Ralph dresses up as the man from space.

Milton: What do you mean you’ve seen this? It’s brand new.

Marty: Yeah well, I saw it on a… rerun.

Milton: What’s a rerun?

(pause)

Marty: You’ll find out.

Thanks to Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale and Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd and Alan Silvestri and everyone else for creating something I’ll enjoy for the rest of my life.