The Best Picture Winners, Part 12 | Gone With the Wind (Part 1 of 2)
It has been a perennial of American film [...]
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...
The Terminator (1984)
The Terminator is a one of those perfectly balanced sci-fi action pictures that does a very good job of balancing the action and the humanity. ...
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...
The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
“The Little Drummer Girl” is the only book by John Le Carre that I have ever read all the way through, and it was a...
First Born (1984)
I knew nothing about Michael Apted’s First Born when I went in, and as the movie opened, I had some hope. In fact, for the...
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...
Teachers (1984)
Teachers, from high school on down, are an interesting lot. They are a mixture of people who are either staunchly professional, dedicated to molding young...
