The Best Picture Winners, Part 12 | Gone With the Wind (Part 1 of 2)
It has been a perennial of American film [...]
In God We Tru$t (1980)
When I was a kid there was a TV preacher that I found wildly entertaining. His name was Brother Hamill and he would appear on...
Hopscotch (1980)
Watching Hopscotch is kind of a befuddling experience. Walter Matthau gives such a good performance that you kind of wish the rest of the movie...
My Bodyguard (1980)
The comedy My Bodyguard made me realize just how few kids in Hollywood films reflect my own experience. Most adolescents are horned up, drugged out,...
Ordinary People (1980)
The only way to really examine Ordinary People is to imagine how it might have been done in lesser hands. I imagine a movie about...
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
So . . . how exactly does one have a battle beyond the stars? Stars are infinite in the universe. No matter where you go,...
He Knows You’re Alone (1980)
At this point, they all start to run together. Right now I’m dealing with dollar-store rip-offs of both Star Wars and Halloween; having just written...
Willie & Phil (1980)
I always say if you’re going to steal from someone, you might as well steal from the best. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. ...
