#cinemaUnmoderated tag#cinemaHotdrax in # movies • 3 hr. ago • 6 min readFilm Review: American GigoloSome films are great not because they are the product of great talent, but simply for being made at the right time, allowing them to herald...drax in # movies • 9 hr. ago • 5 min readFilm Review: Flash Gordon (1980)Appreciation of some films can come full circle. The author of this review experienced such a phenomenon with Flash Gordon, the 1980...drax in # movies • 12 hr. ago • 8 min readFilm Review: Kagemusha (1980)Homage to the great men can be paid in many different ways. One of them could be noticed by those who play Shogun: Total War, a computer...drax in # movies • 6 hr. ago • 7 min readFilm Review: Breaker Morant (1980)If the current US war against Iraq is to be compared with any previous conflict, the most suitable example would be the Boer War. In 1899,...drax in # movies • 15 hr. ago • 7 min readFilm Review: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)When people discuss the slow yet unstoppable decline of quality film-making within commercial Hollywood cinema, they often point to sequels...drax in # movies • 18 hr. ago • 5 min readFilm Review: Dogs of War (1980)While it was part of the former Yugoslavia, my country, Croatia, used to be almost completely ignored by Western films in general. The...drax in # movies • 21 hr. ago • 5 min readFilm Review: Six Swedish Girls in a Boarding School (Sechs Schwedinnen im Pensionat, 1979)Cinema has long been a double-edged sword, capable of both challenging and reinforcing societal norms. By the mid-20th century, Swedish...drax in # movies • 24 hr. ago • 5 min readFilm Review: From Hell to Victory (Contro 4 bandiere, 1979)War, in its relentless brutality, has long been a muse for cinema, offering fertile ground for narratives of heroism, tragedy, and moral...drax in # movies • 1 day ago • 4 min readFilm Review: The In-Laws (1979)Until recently, inflation was a thing of the past for young generations in the West, a concept as abstract as world war. In 1970s America,...drax in # movies • 4 days ago • 3 min readFilm Review: Lemon Popsicle 2: Going Steady (Yotzim Kavua, 1979)In 1978, the Israeli period sex comedy Lemon Popsicle not only broke domestic box office records but also achieved good commercial results...drax in # movies • 4 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid (Uno sceriffo extraterrestre... poco extra e molto terrestre, 1979)Cary Guffey is a former child actor who gained a moment of cinematic glory in his debut as Barry Guiller, the boy who gets abducted by aliens in Steven Spielberg’s science fiction classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind . His next two films were similarly themed and allowed him to be partnered with another giant of international cinema.…drax in # movies • 4 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: Devil's Island (Pakleni otok, 1979)The author of this post remembers the very first film review he wrote. The text was a school assignment, given after my classmates and I...drax in # movies • 4 days ago • 3 min readFilm Review: The Gang That Sold America (Squadra antigangsters, 1979)Some 1970s films are interesting for the simple reason of providing future generations with insight into the popular culture of that era....drax in # movies • 5 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials (Le Gendarme et les Extra-terrestres, 1979)Thanks to Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, science fiction in the late 1970s enjoyed such popularity that it began to be...drax in # movies • 5 days ago • 3 min readFilm Review: Breaking Away (1979)Everyone, once in a while, wishes to be someone else. Some actually put in considerable effort to be someone else, like the protagonist of...drax in # movies • 5 days ago • 5 min readFilm Review: Moonraker (1979)The first four James Bond films starring Roger Moore had one thing in common – the producers tried to exploit popular genre and cinema...drax in # movies • 6 days ago • 5 min readFilm Review: Stalker (1979)The 1970s represented the zenith of world cinema, and the same can be said for Soviet cinema, whose authors enjoyed significantly less...drax in # movies • 6 days ago • 3 min readFilm Review: I'm for the Hippopotamus (Io sto con gli ippopotami,1979)Unlike today’s Hollywood, which tends to shove progressive social values down the audience’s throat, old filmmakers knew how to promote...drax in # movies • 6 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: Being There (1979)In today’s world of rising social inequality, the increasingly anti‑democratic and alienated elites try to justify their position with...drax in # movies • 6 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: All That Jazz (1979)Great art flows from something very personal, and great films are no different, despite films—and especially Hollywood films—being a...
