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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle, Friday, January 17, 1986. Page Three EXTRA J'N I I' ll ' Q IvV -- ) TDiie $ ti ri y "' nd - ar year indeed. Yet, a glimmer of optimism remained. The Color Purple marked Steven Spielberg's return to emotionally charged "mature" fare, and it was great news to discover veteran directors John Huston and Akira Kurosawa were still making critically acclaimed masterworks such as Prizzi's Honor and the locally unreleased Ran. The best of 1985 broke through the pallid Hollywood formulas and celebrated the joys of filmmaking. Each movie triumphed in displaying a cinematic world all its own. 1985's Ten Best (in alphabetical order) After Hours The Color Purple The Gods Must Be Crazy The Killing Fields Kiss of the Spider Woman Mask -- . f Once Upon a Time in America (uncut version) PrizzVs Honor ' ; 'Secret Honor There were other noteworthy achievements which did not make the list but, nevertheless, deserve passing " : . recognition. ; v 1985 Honorable Mentions Blood Simple The Breakfast Club The Emerald Forest The Falcon and the Snowman Insignificance Pale Rider - Stop Making Sense To Live and Die in L.A. Wethcrby x Witness So much for the year's best, now comes the cream of the crap. There have never been so many bad movies in one year. If there was an "actor" whose presence in each motion picture qualified for turkey status, it was Sting. Whenever this rock musician appeared in a film, theater owners could expect plenty of empty seats. The same can be said about several of the following losers. Turkeys of 1985 Avenging Angel The Black Cauldron The Bride Bring on the Night - , ( ' - Besit AtradQ Worstt low-gra- de 1984 ' A It was a dreadful year for movies. "Please don't litter in the At times, the theater" cartoon was more entertaining than the garbage heaped upon innocent and unsuspecting filmgoers. Let me tell you how lousy it was 1985's best list was a painstaking task to assemble, but the year's worst list could have run a mile long. In all honesty, there were only a few movies which earned a four-strating. However, if aficionado it was a banner an are of cinema, you , ' ' I by Scott Rivers Staff writer 30-seco- """" ,' - , - DDddds-o- :T19)8S Death Wish 3 Explorers . Friday the 13th Part 5 Ghoulies Godzilla 1985 , , Gymkata '.' Invasion U.S.A. ' The . Jigsaw Man King David King Solomon s Mines Missing in Action 2 National Lampoon's European Vacation Perfect Plenty Police Academy 2 Porky 's Revenge Red Sonia Return to Oz St. Elmo's Fire The Slugger's Wife Turk 182 . . A View to a Kill Vision Quest White Nights Whew! This list could go on forever if you added the tndless array of teenage drive-i- n exploitation flicks but enough already. It won't be hard to improve upon last year's lamentable offerings. For starters, the theaters should update the "litter warning" cartoon that has plagued moviegoers for five years plus. |
