There was a fine and formidable assortment of movies in the summer of 1982, but what about the inconvenient truth that ...

A sci-fi action horror film directed by John McTiernan follows Dutch, the leader of an elite rescue team to save the hostages ...

The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982; By Chris Nashawaty, Flatiron; 289 pp., $29.99 Thoughtful readers, however, will discern the difference: Movies such as ...