ON GOLDEN POND (1981)

 ***

OSCAR WINS:

 - Best Actor (Henry Fonda)

 - Best Actress (Katharine Hepburn)

 - Best Adapted Screenplay

OSCAR NOMINATIONS:

 - Best Picture

 - Best Supporting Actress (Jane Fonda)

 - Best Director (Mark Rydell)

 - Best Film Editing

 - Best Cinematography

 - Best Sound

 - Best Music Score

REDS (1981)

 ***

OSCAR WINS:

 - Best Director (Warren Beatty)

 - Best Supporting Actress (Maureen Stapleton)

 - Best Cinematography

OSCAR NOMINATIONS:

 - Best Picture

 - Best Actor (Warren Beatty)

 - Best Actress (Diane Keaton)

 - Best Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson)

 - Best Original Screenplay

 - Best Film Editing

 - Best Art Direction 

 - Best Costume Design

 - Best Sound

ABSENCE OF MALICE (1981)

 ***1/2

OSCAR NOMINATIONS:

 - Best Actor (Paul Newman)

 - Best Supporting Actress (Melinda Dillon)

 - Best Original Screenplay

RAGTIME (1981)

 ***1/2

OSCAR NOMINATIONS:

 - Best Supporting Actor (Howard E. Rollins, Jr.)

 - Best Supporting Actress (Elizabeth McGovern)

 - Best Adapted Screenplay

 - Best Cinematography

 - Best Art Direction

 - Best Costume Design

 - Best Original Score

 - Best Original Song ("One More Hour")

ONLY WHEN I LAUGH (1981)

 ***

OSCAR NOMINATIONS:

 - Best Actress (Marsha Mason)

 - Best Supporting Actor (James Coco)

 - Best Supporting Actress (Joan Hackett)

PRINCE OF THE CITY (1981)

 ***

OSCAR NOMINATIONS:

 - Best Adapted Screenplay

ARTHUR (1981)

 ***

OSCAR WINS:

 - Best Supporting Actor - John Gielgud

 - Best Original Song ("Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)")

OSCAR NOMINATIONS:

 - Best Actor (Dudley Moore)

 - Best Original Screenplay

THE FOUR SEASONS (1981)

 ***1/2

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

FRIDAY THE 13TH PART II (1981)

 zero stars

THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER (1981)

 ***

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

HALLOWEEN II (1981)

 *1/2

HISTORY OF THE WORLD: PART I (1981)

 *

THE LEGEND OF THE LONE RANGER (1981)

 *1/2

MOMMIE DEAREST (1981)

 **

SUPERMAN II (1981)

 **1/2

THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS (1981)

 ***1/2