Magic (1978)
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith
Rated: R
Running Time:1 h 45 m
TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Acting, Directing
WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Themes, Atmosphere
A ventriloquist’s peculiar relationship with his dummy begins to affect his personal life.
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The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)
Directed by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring: Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Lowitsch, Ivan Desny, Gisela Uhlen, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Gottried John, George Eagles
Rated: R
Running Time: 2 h
TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Characters, Themes, Writing, Directing, Cinematography
WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing
Shortly after the end of World War II, a newly married woman in post-war Germany struggles to survive without her husband.
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Halloween (1978)
Directed by: John Carpenter
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles, Tony Moran
Rated: R
Running Time: 1 h 31 m
TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Story, Writing, Atmosphere, Soundtrack
WEAKNESSES: Small Details
A psychotic mental patient who has been imprisoned for fifteen years after the brutal murder of his sister escapes confinement and returns to his hometown to kill again.
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The Omen II: Damien (1978)
Directed by: Don Taylor
Starring: Jonathan Scott-Taylor, William Holden, Lee Grant
Rated: R
Running Time: 1 h 47 m
TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Moral Dilemma, Some Acting
WEAKNESSES: Similar Story and Plot Progression to Original
The continuing misadventures of Damien the Antichrist.
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Animal House (1978)
Directed By: John Landis
Starring: John Belushi, Stephen Furst, Karen Allen, Mark Metcalf, Donald Sutherland
Rated: R
Run Time: 1h 49m
TMM Score: 4 Stars
Strengths: Performances
Weakness: Taste in Humor Has Changed
The College Dean has had enough. He’s going to expel every member of the raucous, crass, and rebellious Delta House but this is no group of guys to take things lying down.
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