Margot Kidder

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margot_Kidder

Superman (1978)

 

An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.

From memory: Entertaining, witty, star-cast screen adaptation of the classic comics superhero has a lot to offer, but is also a bit heavy-handed, and the villains are not that convincing; however, Christopher Reeves was a perfect choice to cast him as Superman.​ 

Halliwell (no star): "Long, lugubrious and only patchily entertaining version of the famous comic strip, with far too many irrelevant preliminaries and a misguided sense of its own importance."

Maltin***1/2: "Dynamic, grandly entertaining saga...mixing equal parts sincerity, special effects..., and send-up.Great fun." 

Superman II (1980)

Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.

From memory: Director Richard Lester adds some much-needed humor and speedy action, even breaking some taboos along the way, and Gene Hackman is fine as villain Lex Luthor.

Halliwell (no star): "Half the first episode was devoted to a creaky unnecessary setting up of plot and characters.  This sequel is all the better for diving straight into action, but a classic it isn't, even of the comic strip kind."

Maltin***: "Screw the Superman legend, forget logic, and full speed ahead: that's the attitude of this flashy sequel...Full of great effects and entertainingly played, but lacking the awe and wonder of the original film, adding cruelty and violence instead."

Willie and Phil (1980)

Life imitates art when two Manhattanites become friends after a thought-provoking screening of "Jules et Jim," Truffaut's classic film about a decades-long ménage à trois.

From memory: Nicely made, well-intentioned, but utterly superfluous reimagination of Truffaut's classic Jules et Jim; likable, but a far cry from the original.

Halliwell (no star): "Curious attempt at an American Jules et Jim; not badly done if you have to do it, but why do it?"

Maltin***: "Affectionate, perceptive, underrated retelling of JULES AND JIM...A wistful tale of how chance encounters alter lives, how camaraderie between friends is everlasting, how men always do the asking but women do the deciding."

The Amityville Horror (1979)

Newlyweds move into a large house where a mass murder was committed, and experience strange manifestations which drive them away.

Below par haunted house horror that delivers the standard shocks without any sense of coherence or logic; at least the movie has an honest tagline: "For God's sake, get out!"

Halliwell (no star): "Sub-Exorcist goings on, a shameless exaggeration of some of the alleged facts retailed in the best-selling book. A shocker for the uncritical."

Maltin*1/2: "...film is yawm-inducing rehash of old schticks; not even good for laughs, with Steiger hamming it up as local priest."

Superman II (1980)

Sisters (1973)

The Staten Island apartment of lovely model Danielle becomes the scene of a grisly murder that is witnessed by her neighbor, Grace, a reporter, but the police don't believe her story.