Starman (1984)

A variation on Spielbergian themes Starman is that rare John Carpenter movie where the alien is the good guy. Karen Allen plays a Wisconsin widow who escorts an alien anthropologist who has assumed the form of her late husband (Jeff Bridges) to Arizona to be picked up by his people, and along the way encounters varied humanity. Enjoyable, I'd seen just a few minutes of this before two decades ago so this movie was mostly new to me, yet at the same time it felt like I'd seen this before, movies of this rough sort were very popular in the 80's. Anyway should work as a good appetizer for Ready Play One. ***