Candleshoe (1977)

There's some dated gender stereotyping and at least one cringeworthy allusion to race, but Disney's Candleshoe is a classic family adventure in which a young Jodie Foster, a year on from her standout Taxi Driver performance, stars as a streetwise kid who inveigles her way into a family mansion by pretending to be a long-lost heir because she wants to get her hands on a hidden treasure.

★★★☆☆

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Airport (1970)

As if there were any doubt airports are the dullest places in the world to have to spend a few hours, here is the daggy 1970 drama Airport to drive - no, fly - home the idea, giving audiences an all-access pass to the very unscintillating world of Trans Global Airlines' operations out of a Chicago airport, with highlights including a "flight-attendant cam" scene that lets viewers experience first-hand what it is like to walk the aisle of a plane facing complaints from passengers about things like stale inflight snacks, and a bomb threat (a highlight, but mainly for bringing an end to the whole mindnumbing business).

★★☆☆☆

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