The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

There’s some very silly casting in TLToC. There’s a white Jesus, a ginger Judas from NY and a Rock Star Pontius from Blighty; it’s laughable. The music is similarly ill-fitting most of the time, but the screenplay by Paul Schrader, adapted from Nikos Kazantzakis’ novel, is so good in the first half that I was able to keep my chuckles in check and enjoy the show.
It presents Jesus as a man with hopes, fears and doubts, like any other man would have in his position. His real strength comes from his response to those states of being, not from something wholly supernatural.
The part that got many Christians' cotton undies in a twist is during one of Marty’s slips and is best forgotten. If they’d put it into context before throwing stones they might have understood that.

3½ women called Mary out of 5

Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

A slightly better than average suspense/thriller penned by Horror maestro John Carpenter but directed by Irvin Kershner. Fashion photographer Laura Mars experiences flashes of actual murders seen through the eyes of the killer and, worst luck, it’s people she knows.
Faye is believable in the Laura role one minute and the Queen of melodramatic overacting the next. Tommy Lee Jones gives support and looks weird being so young (I assumed he was born old).
It’s essentially an Argento style Italian Giallo film in English.

3 frustrated voyeur types out of 5

STAR WARS - EPISODE V - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK [1980]

Irvin Kershner assumes director's duties in place of storywriter George Lucas for the fifth instalment in the Star Wars saga, The Empire Strikes Back.

Widely considered the best of the series, the film is a bold, big space opera sweeping with melodrama, romanticism and big ol' space ships firing lasers.  While it is the series' best film, it can't stand on it's own with no real beginning or end to the story.  The cold, harsh planet Hoth at the beginning of the film reflects the dread and  darkness of the rest of the story.  A great achievement in Star Wars history that outdoes the original on every level.  

...and yeah, John Williams' Imperial March theme is feckin' awesome. 

4 asteroid potatoes out of 5