1989: The Year of the Blockbuster

Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard IIWhile there have been some great years for films, I still have trouble recalling a blockbuster season as epic as the summer of 1989. Whether it was newcomers such as Batman or the latest sequels such as Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Ghostbusters II, Indiana Jone and the Last Crusade, or Back to the Future II, people who liked summer blockbusters had a lot to look forward to. While the films didn’t always deliver, it seemed like a great time to be a mo...