The Best Picture Winners, Part 12 | Gone With the Wind (Part 1 of 2)
It has been a perennial of American film [...]
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1941 (1979)
I suppose that every great director has to have at least one movie that tests the patience of the audience. For Spielberg, that was a...
Chapter Two (1979)
I generally have a problem with Neil Simon’s work, and I say that knowing what a celebrated playwright he was. Who am I to question...
Wise Blood (1979)
John Huston’s Wise Blood is a movie in which I merely stand ringside. That’s not a good thing because it means that I stand away...
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Whether you happen to be a fan of the 60s TV show "Star Trek" or just a newcomer then it is very likely that the...
Killer Fish (1979)
I’m just going to guess that someone saw a double-bill of Jaws and The Deep and thought “I’ve got a way to make both of...
The Runner Stumbles (1980)
Stanley Kramer’s The Runner Stumbles feels about fifty years out of date, maybe sixty. I’m not being glib, I’m just observing that every emotional display...
Running (1979)
Oh, Rocky! What have you done to us? The inevitable fallout to a successful movie – particularly one that walks away with an Oscar for...
