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Larry Vitacco

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Clash of the Titans (1981) 63% 2/4 EDIT “Clash of the Titans promises much more than it is prepared to deliver.” – Philadelphia Gay News Jun 22, 2021 Full Review I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982) 80% 3.5/4 EDIT “I Ought To Be In Pictures ought to be; it's a classy adaptation of a fine play that has the added advantage of a cunningly cloying Marvin Hamlisch music score to help open the tearducts.” – Philadelphia Gay News Aug 21, 2020 Full Review Chariots of Fire (1981) 84% 2.5/4 EDIT “[Ian Charleson and Ben Cross] bring an unrestrained passion to their roles that is both refreshing and invigorating to watch.” – Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020 Full Review A Change of Seasons (1980) 3/4 EDIT “Clever, sometimes biting, dialogue permeates the script with enough thoughtful pauses to let it all sink in.” – Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020 Full Review Scanners (1981) 69% 2/4 EDIT “What could have been a dandy super-thriller instead becomes a mediocre display of gruesome special effects in Scanners.” – Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020 Full Review Melvin and Howard (1980) 91% 3/4 EDIT “Tak Fujimoto's photography and Craig McKay's editing are without fault.” – Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020 Full Review Making Love (1981) 56% 4/4 EDIT “Making Love defies convention. Here is a movie about a man's coming to terms with his gayness that is intelligently written, honestly performed and entertaining to watch.” – Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020 Full Review The Competition (1980) 67% 3.5/4 EDIT “Joel Oliansky's screenplay affords the viewer not only a richly emotional story of two people competing against and falling in love with each other, but a wealth of some of the most beautiful piano concertos ever composed.” – Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020 Full Review Altered States (1980) 86% 3.5/4 EDIT “Exciting, powerful and frightening, this sci-fi action flick is a near-masterpeice.” – Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020 Full Review Divine Madness (1980) 100% 3.5/4 EDIT “From her opening number, "Big Noise from Winnetka" to her triumphant grand finale, "I Shall Be Released," there is nary a dull moment.” – Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020 Full Review Raging Bull (1980) 92% 2/4 EDIT “Scripters Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin would have you believe LaMotta spent most of his life either throwing punches or yelling his head off at whoever was nearby. In short, La Motta's life hardly warrants screen treatment.” – Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020 Full Review The Exterminator (1980) 42% 1/4 EDIT “How people can conceive of such trash, let alone commit it to film, is beyond the imagination, but movies like The Exterminator deserve to be visited by the Terminix Man.” – Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020 Full Review The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) 27% 3/4 EDIT “A very amusing, slightly philosophical comedy.” – Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020 Full Review Times Square (1980) 50% 2/4 EDIT “Unfortunately, the story of this off-the-cuff friendship starts to fold halfway through the movie, dragging out until the far-from-satisfying conclusion.” – Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020 Full Review The Howling (1981) 76% 3/4 EDIT “The monster movie is back!” – Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020 Full Review Prom Night (1980) 45% 2.5/4 EDIT “[Leslie Nielsen and Jamie Lee Curtis] perform well. In fact, Curtis (an alumna of Halloween and The Fog, and soon to be seen in Terror Train) is very good... it would be great to watch her perform in a riproaring comedy or a searing drama.” – Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020 Full Review All Night Long (1981) 33% 3/4 EDIT “Low-keyed comedic action matched against well-realized characterizations make All Night Long one of this year's brightest, urbanely sophisticated romantic comedies.” – Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020 Full Review Maniac (1980) 45% 1.5/4 EDIT “Maniac doesn't deserve the paper and ink it takes to print this review.” – Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020 Full Review Hangar 18 (1980) 40% 2.5/4 EDIT “The key to enjoying Hangar 18 is not taking it too seriously - just a little bit, around the edges.” – Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020 Full Review Time Bandits (1981) 92% 3/4 EDIT “For the most part Time Bandits goes its charming, merry way weaving much hilarity as it does, until the movie careens to its twisted, unorthodox ending.” – Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020 Full Review Southern Comfort (1981) 79% 2/4 EDIT “The multi-penned script loses much of its credibility because of the stupid antics of various characters.” – Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020 Full Review Halloween II (1981) 36% 3/4 EDIT “The suspense generated by the Carpenter/Hill screenplay, which begins with the end of Halloween, builds nerve wrackingly to a satisfying conclusion.” – Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020 Full Review Middle Age Crazy (1980) 3/4 EDIT “A witty script and top-flight performances keep Middle Age Crazy a notch above the usual, run-of-the-mill comedy/dramas about the hardships, both real and imagined, of turning 40.” – Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020 Full Review Rollover (1981) 73% 2.5/4 EDIT “The movie, once viewed, may seem farfetched, but then so was everything from sliced bread to men in space until it actually came to be.” – Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020 Full Review Cinderella (1950) 95% 4/4 EDIT “A fresh and unique interpretation of an age-old tale.” – Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020 Full Review
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