The Best Picture Winners, Part 12 | Gone With the Wind (Part 1 of 2)
It has been a perennial of American film [...]
Comedy
Police Academy (1984)
I suppose, maybe, on some weird juvenile level Police Academy might be funny. I mean, in the same way as that guy in Math class...
Tank (1984)
Tank is a movie that I didn’t like as much as I wanted to, but at the same time isn’t a movie that I can’t...
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
Rob Reiner’s This is Spinal Tap is one of the funniest films ever made, a fake documentary that examines the downward spiral of a heavy metal...
Blame It On Rio (1984)
Between the Woody Allen pictures and the comedies of Blake Edwards, there seems to be a whole genre of films about middle aged men seeking...
Unfaithfully Yours (1984)
Unfaithfully Yours is a wacky screwball comedy that never gets out of first gear. All the pieces are in place, the cast is first-rate, the...
The Lonely Guy (1984)
There were moments in The Lonely Guy when I found myself nodding with recognition. Larry, the character played by Steve Martin, walks into a restaurant...
The Buddy System (1984)
Ever have déjà vu? It’s that sensation of familiarity like you’re doing something that you have done before? I get that every time I write...
