Our seven old friends experience a "Rescue from Gilligan's Island" in a made-for-television movie that aired on NBC in October, 1978. Returning cast members include Bob Denver as Gilligan, Alan Hale Jr. as the Skipper, Jim Backus as Thurston Howell III, Natalie Schafer as Lovey Howell, Russell [..]

"The Boys from Brazil" is a thriller film that tells the strange story of a plot to make 95 clones of Adolph Hitler and planting them all over the world, with the goal to finish the diabolical leader's work. Director Franklin J. Schaffner ("Planet of the Apes" [..]

"Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" is a parody of low-budget science fiction movies, depicting large tomatoes going on a rampage, splattering innocent human victims, causing their death. Producer-director John DeBello, of course, made this film on a very low budget with terrible production values. It [..]

"California Suite" is Neil Simon's west coast version of his earlier comedy "Plaza Suite" (1971). Director Herbert Ross ("The Goodbye Girl" 1977) and screenwriter Simon have four storylines proceeding concurrently, with all characters bestowed with Simon's usual rapid-fire gag lines. The cast [..]

"Death on the Nile" is a good example of old-fashioned textbook filmmaking by director John Guillermin ("The Towering Inferno" 1974) as he brought Agatha Christie's famous 1937 novel to the big screen. It has a good screenplay by Anthony Shaffer, picturesque location filming in Egypt by acclaimed [..]

"The Cheap Detective" is a mystery-comedy film where Peter Falk plays a bumbling detective trying to prove himself innocent of his partner's murder while helping clients recover a lost treasure. Falk's speaking style imitating Humphrey Bogart gives the film a feel of Columbo doing a cheap version [..]

The Best Picture of 1979 is....."The Deer Hunter." The story follows three friends from their home town in Pennsylvania to the Vietnam War and back again. They follow very different paths after returning home from war. Director Michael Cimino ("Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" 1974) put together [..]

Roger Moore was definitely in his prime as superspy James Bond for the fourth time in "Moonraker." Our favorite defender of the British Empire was assigned to investigate the theft of a Space Shuttle, which a villain intends to use for nefarious purposes. Producer Albert R. [..]

Robert Redford and Jane Fonda team up for a third time in the very entertaining western comedy-drama film "The Electric Horseman." The story of an ex-rodeo star and a television reporter and a horse was skillfully directed by Sydney Pollack ("The Way We Were" 1973). Pollack is [..]

Sally Field won the Best Actress Oscar in 1979 for playing a factory worker who helps unionize her fellow workers in "Norma Rae." She no doubt surprised Academy members in her handling of this heavy drama role after years of light comedy in television sitcoms. Fields and the [..]