NORTH OF NORTH: SEASON 1 (2025)

 ***1/2

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

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

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

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

JONI (1980)

 zero stars

MOMMIE DEAREST (1981)

 **

HERBIE GOES BANANAS (1980)

 *

SUPERMAN II (1981)

 **1/2

FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980)

 *

THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS (1981)

 ***1/2

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")