The Year In Movies: A Welcome Return To Style
May, 1987
Nineteen Eighty-Six might be fondly remembered as the year the movies grew up, the year that--against all odds and expectations--sophistication finally succeeded at the box office.That's not entirely the case, of course. The top ten movies of the year, led by the bellicose and noisy Top Gun, were pretty much playground stuff; and the biggest star of the year, Tom Cruise, is nothing if not a major teen dream. Still, the downside wasn't abysmal; There weren't a zillion loony slasher/sexpot baby-si...
