The Best Picture Winners, Part 12 | Gone With the Wind (Part 1 of 2)
It has been a perennial of American film [...]
Comedy
Porky’s Revenge (1985)
The first thing to note about Porky’s Revenge is the age of the supposed teenagers in the lead. They’re all about to graduate from Angel...
Lust in the Dust (1985)
Lust in the Dust needed a lot of work. Roles needed to be shifted, the narrative needed to be re-organized and the whole idea needed...
City Heat (1984)
City Heat is the most disorganized mess that I’ve ever seen. It pairs together Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds in hopes that maybe they have...
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
When I heard that Eddie Murphy was playing a Detroit cop who goes to Beverly Hills to track down a killer, I kind of imagined...
Oh God! You Devil! (1984)
The infinite possibilities of Oh, God! as a series boggle the mind. So many things could be done, so many things could be said, so...
American Dreamer (1984)
Since American Dreamer and Romancing the Stone exist in such close proximity to each other, I can do away with the possibility that the former...
Garbo Talks (1984)
Garbo doesn’t talk in Garbo Talks. She doesn’t get a chance. The reason for this is so glib that I had to wonder why Garbo...
