Archive for Release Year: 1977

6 posts from 19 October 2018 to 27 February 2025.

• The Spy Who Loved Me 1977

  ●●●○ 19 Oct 2018

  Equal parts Benny Hill, eye watering melodrama and regular Bond villain megalomania.

• Suspiria 1977

  ●●◐○ 17 Nov 2018

  Flash Gordon meets Braindead, but not as developed as any of those.

• A Bridge Too Far 1977

  ●●○○ 25 Feb 2020

  The eventual depressing sequel to Saving Private Ryan. A top-down fretting of the generals over thousands of dead, massive collateral civilian damage, and chaos; just a regular war. 3 hours of relentless defeats, failure and waste of effort.

• The Island of Dr. Moreau 1977

  ●●○○ 09 Nov 2020

  I’m pretty sure H. G. Wells didn’t write a book discussing eugenics (the latest scientific theories at the time) with the intent of having so many people wrestling with tigers, lions, and bears. That part completely overshadows the rest of the plot about the modern day Prometheus.

• Star Wars: A New Hope 1977

  ●●○○ 02 Jun 2024

  Yeah, it’s all right. Just another campy space opera, with action driven plot (lifted straight from The Hidden Fortress), young whippersnappers, and older British actors collecting their paycheck.

• Eraserhead 1977

  ●●○○ 27 Feb 2025

  What. What? What! What‽ what, what. WHAT¡ WhAaaaaaT¿ Whattttttt⸮ Who? How? Why?