An all-star cast is featured in this exciting thriller about a government coverup of a Mars landing hoax. "Capricorn One" has obvious influences of the 1970's Watergate/Vietnam War era, capably put together by director-screenwriter Peter Hyams ("Peeper" 1975), guiding actors to wonderful performances and giving the project [..]

Director Martin Scorsese's attempt to salute the musicals of the 1930's and 1940's largely stumbled and fell on its face. "New York, New York" is a victim of sloppy directing with amateurish dialogue from a bad script, over-acting (especially Robert De Niro), and dumpy looking sets. [..]

"Pete's Dragon" is Walt Disney's story of a boy named Pete and his pet dragon. The cast is of this musical fantasy movie is live-action except for the title character, the animated dragon named Elliot, Pete's friend and protector. Director Don Chaffey [..]

Burt Reynolds is at the top of his game in "Smokey and the Bandit," the story of two truckers attempting to smuggle a truck load of Coors beer from Texarkana, Texas, to Atlanta, Georgia. First time director Hal Needham made sure the film is filled with laughs [..]

"Semi-Tough" is a sports comedy-drama movie starring Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, and Jill Clayburgh. The plot features a love triangle between the three and includes a parody of Werner Erhard's New Age EST seminars, all set in the world of U. S. professional football. [..]

"Bobby Deerfield" is a romantic drama film where Al Pacino plays a famous American race car driver who falls in love with a terminally ill Swiss woman. Producer-director Sydney Pollack ("Three Days of the Condor" 1975) kept an even keel at the helm of this movie, basically an [..]

"The Man from Toronto" is an action comedy film about a bumbling fitness trainer who gets confused with a professional assassin, known for vicious torture, when he accidentally goes to the wrong cabin at an Airbnb. Director Patrick Hughes ("The Expendables 3" 2014) assembled this humorous movie that [..]

Elizabeth Montgomery and O. J. Simpson star as police detectives who become romantically involved while working together on a murder investigation in "A Killing Affair." This made-for-television movie is passable entertainment, with capable direction by Richard C. Safafian ("Sunburn" 1979) and a lucid teleplay by E. Arthur [..]

"The Rhinemann Exchange" is the story of a secret trade between the U. S. A. and Nazi Germany in World War II that involved the German need for diamonds for their rocket program and the Americans wanting gyroscopes for their bombers. Director Burt Kennedy and producer-teleplay [..]

Gregory Peck delivered a memorable performance as a famous World War II general in "MacArthur." His persona and superior acting abilities make him perfect for portraying Douglas MacArthur, who ran the war in the Pacific theater, accepted the surrender of the Japanese emperor, and was later fired by [..]