Aug 20, 2025

RUBY GILLMAN: TEENAGE KRAKEN (2023)

 ***



GLORIA (1980)

 ***


OSCAR NOMINATIONS:
 - Best Actress (Gena Rowlands)


FLASHDANCE (1983)

 *


OSCAR WINS:
 - Best Original Song ("Flashdance... What a Feeling")

OSCAR NOMINATIONS:
 - Best Film Editing
 - Best Cinematography
 - Best Original Song ("Maniac")


GREEN BORDER (2024)

 ***



SUPERMAN III (1983)

 *1/2



EILEEN (2023)

 ***



TRON (1982)

 **


OSCAR NOMINATIONS:
 - Best Costume Design
 - Best Sound


FIXED (2025)

 **1/2



SWAMP THING (1982)

 *1/2



NOPE (2022)

 ***1/2



HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH (1982)

 *1/2



PAST LIVES (2023)

 ***1/2


OSCAR NOMINATIONS:
 - Best Picture
 - Best Original Screenplay



AMITYVILLE II: THE POSSESSION (1982)

 *



THE GILDED AGE: SEASON 3 (2025)

 ***1/2



AIRPLANE II: THE SEQUEL (1982)

 **1/2



FRED AND ROSE WEST: A BRITISH HORROR STORY (2025)

 **1/2



Aug 11, 2025

THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979)

***1/2


OSCAR NOMINATIONS:
 - Best Original Song ("The Rainbow Connection")
 - Best Original Song Score or Adaptation 


THE NORTH AVENUE IRREGULARS (1979)

 **



ICE CASTLES (1979)

 ***


OSCAR NOMINATIONS:
 - Best Original Song ("Theme from Ice Castles (Through the Eyes of Love)")


NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE (1979)

 ***



THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG RIDES AGAIN (1979)

 1/2 star



PHANTASM (1979)

 **



THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (1979)

 *


OSCAR NOMINATIONS:
 - Best Original Music Score


STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (1979)

 **1/2


OSCAR NOMINATIONS:
 - Best Art Direction
 - Best Visual Effects
 - Best Original Music Score





Aug 10, 2025

DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS (2022)

 **1/2



2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)

 ****


OSCAR WINS:
 - Best Special Visual Effects

OSCAR NOMINATIONS:
 - Best Director (Stanley Kubrick)
 - Best Original Screenplay
 - Best Art Direction


KING OF THE HILL: SEASON 14 (2025)

****



AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981)

 *1/2


OSCAR WINS:
 - Best Makeup


CHARIOTS OF FIRE (1981)

 ***


OSCAR WINS:
 - Best Picture
 - Best Original Screenplay
 - Best Costume Design
 - Best Original Music Score

OSCAR NOMINATIONS:
 - Best Supporting Actor (Ian Holm)
 - Best Director (Hugh Hudson)
 - Best Editing


Aug 9, 2025

DRAGONSLAYER (1981)

 **1/2


OSCAR NOMINATIONS:
 - Best Visual Effects
 - Best Original Music Score






ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981)

 **1/2



THE SHINING (1980)

 ****



PROM NIGHT (1980)

 zero stars



FRIDAY THE 13TH PART II (1981)

 zero stars



PRIVATE BENJAMIN (1980)

 ***


OSCAR NOMINATIONS:
 - Best Actress (Goldie Hawn)
 - Best Supporting Actress (Eileen Brennan)
 - Best Original Screenplay


THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER (1981)

 ***


OSCAR NOMINATIONS:
 - Best Original Song ("The First Time It Happens")


POPEYE (1980)

 **1/2



HALLOWEEN II (1981)

 *1/2



ORDINARY PEOPLE (1980)

***1/2


OSCAR WINS:
 - Best Picture
 - Best Supporting Actor (Timothy Hutton)
 - Best Director (Robert Redford)
 - Best Adapted Screenplay

OSCAR NOMINATIONS:
 - Best Actress (Mary Tyler Moore)
 - Best Supporting Actor (Judd Hirsch)




HISTORY OF THE WORLD: PART I (1981)

 *



MOTEL HELL (1980)

 **



THE LEGEND OF THE LONE RANGER (1981)

 *1/2



Aug 6, 2025

FAME (1980)

 ***


OSCAR WINS:
 - Best Original Music Score
 - Best Original Song ("Fame")

OSCAR NOMINATIONS:
 - Best Original Screenplay
 - Best Film Editing
 - Best Sound
 - Best Original Song ("Out Here on My Own")