Nick's Flick Picks: The Movies of 1981

<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" link="#003399" vlink="#003399" topmargin="25" leftmargin="50"> <TABLE> <TR bgcolor="#000000"><TD><img src=strip81banner.jpg width=100%> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+2><b>Top Ten Films of 1981: World Premieres</b></Font><br>  <a href=movies81us.html>Top Ten by U.S. Release Date</a> (<Font Size=-1><i>Updated</i></Font>) // <a href=persac81.html>My 1981 Oscar Ballot</a> (<Font Size=-1><i>Updated</i></Font>)<br> <Font Size=-1><br></Font> <Table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>1. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=favfilmspheaven.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_new">Pennies from Heaven</Font></b></a> Dir. Herbert Ross. With Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Jessica Harper <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>2. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Reds</Font></b></Font> Dir. Warren Beatty. With Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Paul Sorvino <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>3. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Mephisto</Font></b></Font> Dir. Istv&#225n Szab&#243. With Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ildik&#243 B&#225ns&#225gi, Krystyna Janda <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>4. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Pixote</Font></b></Font> Dir. Hector Babenco. With Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Juliao, Gilberto Moura <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>5. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=raidersk.html style="text-decoration:none">Raiders of the Lost Ark</Font></b></a> Dir. Steven Spielberg. With Harrison Ford, Karen Allen <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> </Table> <br> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+2><b>Reviews from 1981</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1> <Font Color="#009900">★</Font> <b>= Full-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#0090FF">&#169</Font> <b> = Capsule-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#FF6600">★</Font> <b>&nbsp= Blog/Favorites Review</b> (New Window) </Font><br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">★</Font>   <b><a href=charfire.html style="text-decoration:none">Chariots of Fire</a></b></Font> Dir. Hugh Hudson. With Ian Charleson, Ben Cross, Nigel Havers <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#FF6600">★</Font>   <b><a href=favfilmspheaven.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_new">Pennies from Heaven</Font></b></a> Dir. Herbert Ross. With Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Jessica Harper <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+1><b>More Grades from 1981</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Arthur</b></Font> Dir. Steve Gordon. With Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Jill Eikenberry <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Body Heat</b></Font> Dir. Lawrence Kasdan. With William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>The French Lieutenant's Woman</b></Font> Dir. Karel Reisz. With Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>On Golden Pond</b></Font> Dir. Mark Rydell. With Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Doug McKeon <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <a href=posesn81.html style="text-decoration:none"><b>Possession</b></a></Font> Dir. Andrzej Zulawski. With Sam Neill, Isabelle Adjani, Heinz Bennent <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <br> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+1><b>Also from 1981</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>The memories are fading, but they're somewhere in my brain</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Fetching</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Mommie Dearest</b></Font> Dir. Frank Perry. With Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Steve Forrest, Howard Da Silva<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Only When I Laugh</b></Font> Dir. Glenn Jordan. With Marsha Mason, Kristy MacNichol, James Coco<br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Fair</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Diva</b></Font> Dir. Jean-Jacques Beineix. With Fr&#233d&#233ric Andrei, Richard Bohringer, Thuy An Luu<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>The Fox and the Hound</b></Font> Dir. Art Stevens. Animated. Voices of Kurt Russell, Mickey Rooney<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Macbeth</b></Font> Dir. Arthur Allan Seidelman. With Jeremy Brett, Piper Laurie, Simon McCorkindale<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Raggedy Man</b></Font> Dir. Jack Fisk. With Sissy Spacek, Eric Roberts, Henry Thomas, William Sanderson<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Scanners</b></Font> Dir. David Cronenberg. With Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Michael Ironside<br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Feh</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Absence of Malice</b></Font> Dir. Sydney Pollack. 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