Farewell, My Lovely 1975  R, 95 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Dick Richards
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles, Jack O'Halloran, Sylvester Stallone, Anthony Zerbe, Harry Dean Stanton, Walter McGinn, Joe Spinell
Philip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) employs his expertise as a private detective to find ex-convict Moose Malloy's (Jack O'Halloran) old girlfriend. During the search Marlowe runs into murder, blackmail, and prostitution. Based on Raymond Chandler's book, this is also a remake of the 1944 film and is nearly as good as that classic.
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 King Kong 1976  PG, 134 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy / Thriller / Romance
Director: John Guillermin
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange, John Randolph, Rene Auberjonois, Julius Harris, Jack O'Halloran, Ed Lauter, John Agar, Dennis Fimple, Jorge Moreno, Mario Gallo, John Lone, Garry Walberg, Keny Long
Fred Wilson (Charles Grodin) is an oil magnate sailing to a Pacific island looking for petroleum. Also on board is stowaway paleontologist Jack Prescott (Jeff Bridges) who warns that prehistoric monsters inhabit the island. While still heading for the island, they pick up Dwan (Jessica Lange, in her film debut) who has been shipwrecked. They arrive on the island, run into King Kong, and Dwan becomes the object of Kong's attention. Wilson locks Kong up in the cargo hold of the ship and brings him to New York City where Kong escapes and climbs the World Trade Center looking for safety.
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March or Die 1977  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Dick Richards
Cast: Gene Hackman, Terence Hill, Max von Sydow, Catherine Deneuve, Ian Holm, Jack O'Halloran, Rufus, Marcel Bozzuffi, Vernon Dobtcheff, Marne Maitland
Major William Sherman Foster (Gene Hackman) heads up a group of Foreign Legionnaires who fight marauding Arabs to defend their position in the Sahara Desert.
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Superman II 1980  PG, 127 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Romance
aka: Superman 2
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Margot Kidder, Valerie Perrine, Sarah Douglas, Susannah York, Jack O'Halloran, Terence Stamp, Clifton James, E.G. Marshall, Marc McClure, Leueen Willoughby, Robin Pappas
Superman (Christopher Reeve) is back, and he is still fighting for law and order. Terrorists are threatening to blow up the Eiffel Tower and destroy Paris with a nuclear warhead. When reporter Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) tries to interview the terrorists, she finds herself held hostage. Superman rescues Lois and tosses the bomb into space where its blast awakens Kryptonian villains–Zod (Terence Stamp), Non (Jack O'Halloran), and Ursa (Sarah Douglas) who had been exiled to outer space. Now, the Kryptonians arrive on Earth and attempt to take over the planet. Meanwhile, Lois has learned that Clark Kent and Superman are the same person, and Superman must decide whether to become a normal man and share his life with Lois or retain his super powers and save Earth from the villains.
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 Superman: The Movie 1978 PG, 143 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Romance / Thriller
aka: Superman
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Valerie Perrine, Ned Beatty, Glenn Ford, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Marc McClure, Phyllis Thaxter, Jackie Cooper, Trevor Howard, Jack O'Halloran, Maria Schell, Terence Stamp, Susannah York
Off the pages of comic books and onto the large screen comes "It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman!" This film has everything going for it with Christopher Reeve doing a good job as Superman and Margot Kidder playing girl reporter Lois Lane to a tee. The film won an Oscar for Best Special Achievement and received three other nominations.
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| 1. Dragnet (1987)
2. Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
3. Hero and the Terror (1988)
4. King Kong (1976)
5. March or Die (1977)
6. Superman II (1980)
aka: Superman 2
7. Superman: The Movie (1978)
aka: Superman
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