I’m among the supporters, finding much to admire in both 1971’s The Andromeda Strain and 1979’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture. He bookended the 1970s with a pair of sci-fi efforts that have been praised in some quarters and criticized in others for their leisurely pacing and almost fetishistic attention to futuristic hardware. Although best known as the Oscar-winning director of The Sound of Music and West Side Story, Robert Wise dabbled in horror and science fiction as well, creating such gems as 1945’s The Body Snatcher (reviewed here), 1951’s The Day the Earth Stood Still, and 1963’s The Haunting. Ratings are on a four-star scale.) James Olson and Arthur Hill in The Andromeda Strain (Photo: Arrow & Universal) (View From The Couch is a weekly column that reviews what’s new on Blu-ray and DVD. Brie Larson in Captain Marvel (Photo: Marvel)
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