In the wake of the massive success of "Star Wars" from 20th Century Fox in 1977, Walt Disney Pictures responded with "The Black Hole." However, this science fiction story of an American space mission discovering a black hole falls short in the story department, with a lack [..]

Gene Wilder plays a Jewish Rabbi who is sent from Eastern Europe to serve a congregation in San Francisco, befriended along the way by a bank robber (Harrison Ford) in "The Frisco Kid." Good chemistry between Wilder and Ford brings to life the [..]

Here's some fantastic new for the world: Woody Allen's self-indulgent lifestyle has been recorded on film! In "Manhattan," Allen plays a twice-divorced 42-year-old comedy writer who dates a 17-year-old girl, then falls in love with his best friend's mistress. What a stretch! Allen also [..]

Director Bob Fosse ("Sweet Charity" 1969) used aspects of his life and career to create "All That Jazz," a highly unorthodox musical, to say the least. The screenplay by Robert Alan Aurthur and Fosse made the film a hodgepodge of cooky jokes, wierd dramatic scenes, an open-heart surgery, [..]

All of the drama of the William Shakespeare play was captured on videotape in the 1979 television production of "Macbeth." It features Ian McKellan as Macbeth and Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth, the power-mad couple plotting to take over the throne of Scotland at any price. [..]

Director Milos Foreman ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" 1975) gave us a trip back to the 1960's with "Hair," a film adaptation of the 1968 Broadway musical of the same name. The story tells of a Vietnam War draftee meeting a group of hippies on his [..]

Movie-making is at it worst in "C.H.O.M.P.S.," the story of a young inventor who creates a robotic dog to be used for home protection. Director Don Chaffey ("One Million Years B. C." 1966) and producer Joseph Barbera may have been trying to make a cute dog picture, [..]

"Tim" is a romantic drama movie about a relationship between a middle-aged woman and her developmentally impaired 24-year-old gardener. Australian filmmaker Michael Pate wrote and directed this interesting film that featured intriguing performances from the two stars, movie veteran Piper Laurie and relative newcomer Mel Gibson, who [..]

"Civil War" is a dystopian film depicting a team of four journalists driving across the United States during a civil war that has overtaken the nation. Director-screenwriter Alex Garland ("Ex Machina" 2014) has set the film in the near future, and has America divided into four factions, and [..]

The Best Picture of 1979 is....."Kramer vs. Kramer." This legal drama tells the story of a couple's divorce and its impact on their young son. It also covers the evolution of their post-divorce relationship as single parents, fathers' rights, and work-life balance. Director-screenwriter Robert Benton [..]