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Show A look at 1985 's movie peaks, pits Editor's note: It's that time of year again just after Dec. 31 closes the entries for new films of 1985 and just before the Academy of Motion Picture A rts and Sciences announces its roster of Oscarnominees. Record film critic Rick Brough anticipates the Oscar nominating committee commit-tee below with his own best and worst list of the cinema gems and zircons of 1985. .... 0 ' wr,v; 'Cocoon' crew: (left to right) Maureen Stapleton, Don Ameche, Ron Howard, Hume Cronyn and Gwen Verdon. Best Films of 1985 Worst Films of 1985 1 1. The Color Purple So Bad It's Good Category: 2. The Brother From Another Planet 1. King Solomon's Mines i 3. BloodSimple 2. Perfect 4. The Life and Times ' of Harvey Milk Just Bad Category: 4 5. Cocoon 3. Porky's Revenge 6. The Gods Must Be Crazy 4. My Science Project , s: 7. Back to the Future 5. Godzilla 1985 ' : 8. Lost in America 6. Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the 9. The Purple Rose of Cairo Gloom Beam 10. Prizzi's Honor 7. Rustler's Rhapsody ... 8. Slugger's Wife c- -j " -9. Bad Medicine 10. Heavenly Bodies ... , . ' I 1 f: , j, 'Perfect' match? : John Travolta is a hit in the ladies' locker room. |