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Richard Chamberlain and Blythe Dannet star in the 1974 tv movie "F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles" directed by George Schaefer.

The story takes place during the time Fitzgerald wrote his story, "The Last of the Belles" circa 1929. Zelda at this point, at around 30 years of age, is working hard on her ballet dancing. Fitz has writer's block. He and Zelda don't communicate much.

One day, he begins the story The Last of the Belles, about a young soldier, Andy (David Huffman) stationed in the south who meets a flirtatious, pretty girl, Allie (Susan Sarandon) who has a full dance card of gentleman callers.

The film moves from reality and back to the story, both unexciting, with Chamberlain ripping up tablet paper and Zelda at the barre.

Sarandon was very pretty but her character was annoying. The fun thing about the Belles is the amazing young faces: Richard Hatch, Ernest Thompson, James Naughton, and Brooke Adams.

This was probably released because of the Robert Redford Great Gatsby the same year. I find hindsight amazing. Today people talk about the big screen Gatsby as this great classic. Well, I sat through it in the theater. It has a 42 on metacritic and the reviews were not good. Redford, in fact, received the worst reviews of his career.

I don't find Fitzgerald translates that well to screen with the exception of Benjamin Button.

In John Carpenter's first produced screenplay, 1978's The Eyes of Laura Mars, Faye Dunaway stars in the eponymous role, that of a trendy New York photographer. Her work is controversial, as it depicts women in sexual and violent settings.

Mars has been haunted by visions - many shown in her work - where she sees savage murder through the eyes of a killer. However, she now begins to have visions where people she knows are killed. She is never able to warn them or reach them in time.

The murder case of her friend Rose (Rose Gregorio) that she psychically witnessed, is taken over by a detective, Neville (Tommy Lee Jones). She learns from him that her ex-husband (Raul Julia) is not only back in town but involved with Rose.

She then begins to have visions that the killer is after her.

Irvin Kershner directed this film on location in New York, using Columbus Circle and some really seedy parts of the city. I was present on the set for the opening gala scene. Don't ask me what I was doing there - no idea.

The film is very stylishly done and suspenseful. One thing I noticed is that Dunaway is heavier in this film than others. Not overweight by any stretch, but her face is fuller. She is costumed in big cape coats and scarfs, and her skirts are slit high on both sides so when she runs or kneels to take a photo, the focus is on her legs.

Well fleshed out performances by Rene Auberjonois and Brad Dourif. Streisand sings the theme song, Prisoner.

A Beautiful Mind tells the story of Nobel Prize winner John Nash and his struggles with paranoid schizophrenia.

Always antisocial, Nash possessed a brilliant mathematical mind and made contributions to geometry, game theory, and equations.

Around 1959, he began exhibiting signs of schizophrenia and was eventually hospitalized. His disease nearly ruins his academic life and his marriage.

Ron Howard has made an amazing film here, one that brings us into Nash's illness and gives us an idea of what it feels like - and be unaware of it at the same time.

Russell Crowe approached his role with sensitivity, humor, and honesty as Nash becomes increasingly ill and gradually learns to ignore his hallucinations and benefit from treatment. Jennifer Connelly as his loyal and caring wife gives a wonderful performance. The entire cast is top notch.

Though a good deal had to be omitted from Nash's story, it is still well worth watching.