Tom Mankiewicz

The Cassandra Crossing (1976)

The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
Rating: ★★
Apr 8, 2001Plague-Infected Train/Disaster Movie
From the heyday of the disaster movie, an all-star cast head up a big scale drama about a train where a passenger is carrying a deadly plague, only for the train to be shunted all across Europe
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Superman (1978)

Superman (1978)
Rating: ★★★★½
Dec 16, 2000Comic-Book Superhero
This is where the modern comic-book superhero began on screen. A film that is almost completely successful in banishing campy silliness and taking itself seriously, allowing Superman to fly with magnificent effects. Christopher Reeve shines as the ultimate boy scout
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Superman II (1980)

Superman II (1980)
Rating: ★★★★
Dec 16, 2000Comic-Book Superhero
Shot back-to-back with the first Christopher Reeve film, this then became a mess behind the scenes. The end result emerges fairly well with the show dominated by the magnificent Phantom Zones villains and giving depth to the Superman-Lois relationship
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Ladyhawke (1985)

Ladyhawke (1985)
Rating: ★★★★
Apr 7, 2001Mediaeval Fantasy/Lovers Under Animal Transformation Curse
A beautifully made Richard Donner mediaeval fantasy with two lovers suffering a curse that transforms them into animals only able to touch in person for a second at dusk and dawn
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