Review of Same Time, Next Year (1978) by James H — 07 Mar 2004

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[font=Comic Sans MS]Adventures Of Baron Munchausen - loved this movie. It was quirky, bizarre, fascinating and probably one of the most "colorful" (in all kinds of ways) movies I've ever seen. You simply cannot watch this movie once - you have to watch it several times to catch everything. Its so fast paced and intricate and upside down at times - you don't want to miss a thing. I think one of Uma's more interesting roles - she was breath-takingly beautiful in it! Terrific storytelling![/font].

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[font=Comic Sans MS]Cujo - this movie scared the hell out of me. Took me three times to actually watch it because I was attacked by a large dog when I was around twelve and this brought back the stark fear I felt afterwards. Dee Wallace Stone is very good at portraying that fear so she was perfect in this movie. [/font].

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[font=Comic Sans MS]Same Time Next Year - Enchanting. The concept of two married people meeting at the same place at the same time each year and having this "affair" once a year and discovering over a period of twenty years how their lives changed. Alan Alda and Ellen Byrstun made it seem real and not cheap or tawdry. I absolutely loved the recurring song sung by Johnny Mathis, "The Last Time I Felt Like This", of course music by the great Marvin Hamlisch.[/font].

[font=Comic Sans MS]True Grit - I think my favorite John Wayne film although that is a tough, he made so many great ones. I also love Kim Darby, practically in any movie. This was just a great story with great location. The cinematography was terrific. Rooster Cogburn a classic character and the supporting cast of Robert Duvall, the great Strother Martin and up and comer Dennis Hopper is just a treat as well as the rest of the cast.[/font].

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[font=Comic Sans MS]The Fog - another creepy movie and I don't like "fog" to this day. Not a great horror classic but more of a B-movie and a little cheesy but just as enjoyable. I'm a big fan of the scream queen and she was decent in this but no award-winner and the supporting cast, especially Adrienne Barbeau just made it scarier.

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