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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Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979)
Skatetown, U.S.A. is a real study. It was obviously made to cash in on the roller disco trend, stitched together by filmmakers who thought that...
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
I came to When a Stranger Calls in the weeks before its release back in 1979. I was too young to see it, but I...
Head Over Heels (1979)
It is strange that in the same weekend that I saw Running, the insipid Michael Douglas sports movie ripped off from Best Picture winner Rocky,...
. . . and justice for all (1979)
I tend to dislike movies in which the outward inspiration is written all over it. You can physically see the movie that it trying to...
Meteor (1979)
You just knew that eventually the disaster movie had to run out of gas. Well, to be honest, it ran out of gas about five...
The Black Stallion (1979)
I didn’t want to see this movie. I had no desire to see a movie about a boy and his horse – the subject just...
The Europeans (1979)
The best thing about the works of Henry James is the way in which he could – in words - paint a beautiful canvas of...
