The Best Picture Winners, Part 12 | Gone With the Wind (Part 1 of 2)
It has been a perennial of American film [...]
Drama
Light of Day (1987)
I’ve heard the title song blasting out of my car stereo for weeks. It’s your joe-average rock song, not longed for a legacy I suspect...
Duet for One (1987)
All through Duet for One I sat there trying my best to connect with it. This is the story of a world-class violinist who slowly...
The Stepfather (1987)
When The Stepfather was over, I felt a little ashamed of myself. Here is a junky, violent, hateful picture not far removed in spirit from those...
Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)
Clan of the Cave Bear is a parable of prehistoric man that might sit well with Betty Friedan. Amid the problems facing early man, being...
Runaway Train (1985)
Oh boy! I wanted to like Runaway Train so much. I wanted to be engaged. I wanted to be thrilled. I wanted the characters to...
Rocky IV (1985)
Rocky IV is everything that I feared that this series would become. Cold, lifeless, predictable, bland and lazy. It’s also heartbreaking when you remember the...
Fever Pitch (1985)
After seeing Richard Brooks’ Fever Pitch I got the very strange feeling that I had missed something. Maybe, I thought, my normally perceptive brain had...
