Starring: Pamela Sue Martin, Joan Hackett, Martin Mull (Special Appearance)

Directed by: Peter Winograd

Written by: Larry Arnstein, David Hurwitz, Lane Sarasohn, Peter Winograd

Theatrical feature, lampoon of B Movies.

USA Film Festival, Saturday, March 24, 1984

Nostalgic satire pervades 'Flicks'

        Unless you were a movie-crazy kid B.T. (Before Telivision), you may miss some of the finer points of Flicks. But don't let that deter you from seeing it.
        Flicks is a rough-cut gem of nostalgia and satire. It looks back with gentle affection and mildly bawdy humor to the friendly neighborhood movie houses of the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was an era when Saturday afternoons were not yet devoted to sports shows, or even American Bandstand.
       Saturday afternoon was devoted to the movies - every golden minute of it.
        Into 90 minutes, Flicks compresses two feature films (including Philip Alien - Space Detective), a newsreel (News R Us), two animated cartoons featuring a geriatric cat and mouse, Chapters 25 and 26 of the serial Lost Heroes of the Milky Way and some coming attractions.                               - Harry Bowman