The Fox and the Hound (1981)
[7] Disney's The Fox and the Hound opens with a young fox being chased by a hunting dog. It scrambles through the woods and finds a hiding place to ditch the baby fox it's carrying in its mouth. Then it…
Cocoon (1985)
[7] Ron Howard (Splash, A Beautiful Mind) directs this sweet story about a group of nursing home residents who discover a 'fountain of youth' in a nearby pool. Turns out, though, that the pool's power is extra-terrestrial. Soon the old…
Firefox (1982)
[3] Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this flick about a Russian jet that is undetectable by radar. This is probably my least favorite film in Clint Eastwood's rather large filmography. The first half of the movie is unbearably boring,…
Never Say Never Again (1983)
[4] Sean Connery returns for his final outing as James Bond in Never Say Never Again, a remake of Thunderball and the only Bond film not produced by Cubbi Broccoli's EON Productions. Since it's an "unofficial" entry in the franchise,…
Psycho II (1983)
[4] I don't think a Psycho sequel could ever possibly work, but that doesn't stop screenwriter Tom Holland from giving it the old college try. The script paints Norman Bates (a returning Anthony Perkins) very sympathetically -- reformed, recently released,…
Pale Rider (1985)
[6] Eastwood directs and stars in this Western tale of revenge. The most interesting thing about Pale Rider is the mysterious nature of Eastwood's character, a preacher/gunfighter who enters a mining colony's life in answer to a young girl's prayer.…
Murphy’s Romance (1985)
[6] Sally Field and James Garner star in this story of a divorced mother who moves to a small town and tries to open a successful horse ranch. She quickly befriends the town pharmacist (Garner) and the two strike up…
Street Trash (1987)
[7] Street Trash is grade-A schlock, precisely the kind of movie that would make your mama cry if she knew you were watching it. An unwitting liquor store owner discovers an old crate of booze and starts selling it to…
Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
[3] I went into Jaws: The Revenge (the fourth movie in the series) thinking, 'Hey, it can't be worse than the third one.' And I was right. It's exactly as bad as the third one. Though for slightly different reasons.…
Jaws 3-D (1983)
[3] The shark is back, this time working its way into Sea World in Florida where it threatens the tourists. Now, I'm okay if you want to keep bringing back the same shark for four movies, even though it is…