Yes, on unusual occasion movies would be mentioned by name in the magazines. The Omen (a passing mention in a contributed article,) The Exorcist, The Exorcist II (in a news blurb) speaking of the way the content disturbed viewers. E.T. (and Star Wars) in a half-page due to the extreme popularity of the film (people calling hq about it.)
Star Trek II and Time After Time mentioned in quotes from Nicholas Meyer re: meaning of PG rating. Making Love mentioned due to homosexual content shocking for the time.
A few others perhaps, usually mentioned in Watching the World blurbs.
My point though was that movie titles were not routinely (almost never, in my experience) mentioned in talks and certainly were not included in outlines given to speakers.