Call them “escapism,” call them “guilty pleasures,” call them “anti-classics” – they are the Great Trash movies that don’t make the Sight & Sound list but nonetheless win the hearts of moviegoers. In this episode of “The Online Movie Show,” ArmchairCinema.com’s Jerry Dean Roberts shares his insight on the greatest of the Great Trash flicks.
1980 was a remarkable year for movies: “Ordinary People” and “Raging Bull” slugged it out for the awards, comedy cult classics “The Blues Brothers,” “Caddyshack” and “Airplane!” left audiences in hysterics, “The Empire Strikes Back” rewrote the “Star Wars” saga, “Heaven’s Gate” nearly destroyed United Artists and an obscure Soviet film trumped great works by Kurosawa and Truffaut for the Foreign Film Oscar.
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From Russian roulette in Saigon to Double Secret Probation at Faber College, 1978 was a wild year for movies. This “Online Movie Show” episode relives the year’s peaks and valleys with guest Jerry Dean Roberts of ArmchairCinema.com.