Is Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind a sci-fi masterpiece or an overlong and overrated mess that is beautiful to look at but emotionally hollow? Find out in this review of the film from guest blogger Kim Wilson.
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Movie reviews, movie articles, movie information from 1970 to 1979. Movie polls on movies, movie directors and movie actors from the 1970s.
Boomer Mill: A Crop of ‘60s and ‘70s Oddball and Groovy Movies
Boomer Mill: Warner has lately reached into the ‘60s and ‘70s for a crop of controversial, oddball, and—what’s the term?—groovy movies for your enjoyment. A Covenant with Death (1966) Having a Wild Weekend (1965) The Chapman Report (1962) The Cool Ones (1967)
Read more →Network (1976): Movie Review
When Paddy Chayefsky wrote his Oscar-winning screenplay for Network (1976) it was supposed to be satirical. Lensed through the 1976 eye I’m sure audiences found an opinion-spouting news anchor and a network devoted to developing reality-based programming as absurd. To…
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Movie from the Second Half of the 1970s?
What’s Your Favorite Movie from the First Half of the 1970s?
Guest Review: Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now has always been preceded by the legendary stories of its troubled production, one of those cursed film enterprises (The Exorcist is another) whose backstories are almost as entertaining as the final product itself : in this case, weathering…
Read more →Who’s the Baddest ’70s “Blaxploitation” Character?
Guilty Pleasures: What’s Up, Doc?
I grew up in a small central Illinois town with no movie theater. So, as a kid with five older siblings, going to the movies was a rare treat, as it was nearly impossible for my parents to logistically corral…
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