This Olympics film, tied in with the planned 1980 games from which the United States subsequently withdrew, focuses on an American athlete whose dreams of winning the Decathlon are threatened by his romance with a pretty Russian gymnast.
Richard C. Sarafian
Director
Stephanie Zimbalist
Anya Andreyev
David Keith
Wayne Robinson
Richard Lawson
Gene Davis
Victor French
Anatoly Andreyev
Merlin Olsen
Todd Simms
Ed McMahon
Marvin 'Marv' Jordan
Salome Jens
Ilyena
Robert Pierce
Viktor
Jack Palance
Whitey Robinson
Nancy Marchand
Vera Andreyev
James Earl Jones
Dane Oliver
Taika Waititi writes, directs and co-stars in 'Boy', set in 1984 New Zealand. The film does just what Waititi dreamed of — it gave a great coming-of-age story to Māori people without making a story of the Māori people as an exotic other.
Every movement becomes a question of identity. To become who we are meant to be. In order to reach that we often have to shed who we once were, and that shedding can sometimes be so brutal it’s ungraceful.
We have a long way to go with LGBT representation in film, especially when it comes to LGBT characters of color and trans characters.
"Come Play" was entertaining and had some great ideas about how to scare children away from playing with facial recognition settings.
A refreshing twist is that all the kids’ powers are…kind of useless. There’s a kid who can only move in slow motion, a kid who has every power in the world but can only use them randomly, and our main character Missy who has no powers at all. The thesis of the film seems to be that it doesn’t matter what kind of powers you have, its the way you use them, which is good for the warm and fuzzies.