After a big misfire in "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (1979), and its poor reception from critics and the general public, Paramount Pictures struck gold with the second picture "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan." The brass at Paramount removed creator Gene Roddenberry from [..]

Executive producer George Lucas brought the original "Star Wars" trilogy (1977 & 1980) to a classy conclusion with "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi." The crisp direction by Richard Marquand ("Eye of the Needle" 1981) and a marvelous screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas [..]

Sean Connery made a triumphant return as James Bond in "Never Say Never Again," twelve years after leaving the franchise in 1971's "Diamonds Are Forever." This is a loose remake of 1965's "Thunderball," and was not produced under the auspices of, nor sanctioned by, Eon Productions. (One other, [..]

"Octopussy" is pretty much typical James Bond fare: Lots of action, exotic locations, villains, beautiful women. The story has Bond assigned to solve the murder of 009 in East Germany clutching a fake Faberge egg. The trail leads to location shoots in India, West Germany, [..]

Jackie Gleason dominated the motion picture screen as his reprised his role of Sheriff Buford T. Justice in "Smokey and the Bandit Part 3." With a lackluster screenplay by Stuart Birnbaum and poor directing by Dick Lowry ("Kenny Rogers as The Gambler" 1980), and without stars Burt Reynolds [..]

"Love Again" is a romantic-comedy-drama that tells the story of a woman coping with the loss of her boyfriend by sending text messages to his old phone number, not realizing it was reassigned to a new person, a male journalist. He becomes captivated by her missives and [..]

"The Misfits" is an action-heist film from director Renny Harlin ("The Legend of Hercules" 2014), with the screenplay written by Robert Hemmy and Kurt Wimmer. This film is so bad that there is not much use going over the plot, as heist movie are as common as dirt [..]

"Class" is a comedy-drama romantic film that tells the story of a woman who falls into a torrid affair with her son's college roommate. Director Lewis John Carlino ("The Great Santini" 1979) seems as though he sloppily threw this film together with some comedic elements and some dramatic [..]

"The Hound of the Baskervilles" is an excellent made-for-television movie based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1902 novel. It tells the story of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson being called to an estate in southern England where a murder takes place. It is said that [..]

"Eureka" is a psychological drama film telling the story of a gold prospector who strikes it rich and runs into all kinds of trouble because of his wealthy status. Great performances by Gene Hackman as the lucky miner, Theresa Russell and Rutger Hauer as his daughter and son-in-law, [..]