An American Werewolf in London (1981)

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists

The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)

A collection of no-holds-barred satirical sketches spoofing TV and movie cliches including celebrity cameo appearances.

From memory: A wildly divergent anthology of sketches with an abundance of hit-or-miss jokes, often deliberately tasteless and juvenile, but just as often quite entertaining.

Halliwell (no star): "The writers later gave us Airplane. Enough said?" 

Maltin***: "Vulgar, often funny skits strung together."

The Blues Brothers (1980)

Jake Blues, just out from prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and brother Elwood were raised.

Highly entertaining mischief full of music, propellent sequence of dramatic and humorous situations and a record-breaking number of pile-ups (mostly police cars).

Halliwell*: "Fashionable chase comedy with so many stunts that its cost ran up to 33,000,000 dollars. The public stayed away, though it gained a cult following since."

Maltin***: "Engagingly nutty comedy...Off the wall from start to finish, with some fine music woven in..."

Trading Places (1983)

A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

Trading Places (1983)

A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

Lively and entertaining comedy that hasn't dated at all.

Halliwell**: " Surprisingly witty comedy, which while not aspiring to great heights, and marred by a few excesses, brought a refreshing breath of air to a declining genre."

Maltin**1/2: "Fine cast breathes life into time-worn comedy premise...Murphy, in his second film, is a comic powerhouse, and makes up for director Landis' indulgences..."