"A Streetcar Named Desire" is a drama film telling the story of a Southern Belle from Mississippi who moves in with her sister and brother-in-law in New Orleans after financial losses. She faces a series of crises including clashing with her sister's low-brow husband, living in a fantasy [..]
The Con is On (2018)
"The Con is On" is billed as a comedy heist film from director James Oakley ("The Devil You Know" 2005) and screenwriters Alex Michaelides and James Oakley. However, the writing is so poor and the plot and storyline so convoluted that "comedy" and "heist" are difficult to find [..]
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
"The Kentucky Fried Movie" is an anthology film made up of 26 separate comedy sketches satirizing various aspects of the entertainment business. This was the debut motion picture of writers Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker, who would go on to create similar projects like "Airplane!" (1980) [..]
Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (1960)
"Please Don't Eat the Daisies" is a comedy film about a New York City theater critic, his wife, and four sons who are squeezed into a two-bedroom apartment. They attempt to move to a larger home, but the only place they can find big enough is [..]
Flightplan (2005)
"Flightplan" is psychological thriller movie about a recently widowed woman flying from Berlin to New York with her daughter and her husband's body. She falls asleep about three hours into the flight, and wakes up to find her daughter missing. The pilot and the entire crew state she [..]
A Working Man (2025)
"A Working Man" is an action-adventure movie where Jason Stratham plays a retired Royal Marine Commando (from the U. K.) now working as a construction supervisor in Chicago. When his employer's daughter is kidnapped by the Russian Mafia, he takes matters in his own hands [..]
My Friend Flicka (1943)
"My Friend Flicka" is a western drama about a ten-year-old boy who is given a young horse to raise as his own. The boy's parents soon regret their decision as the filly is very high spirited and a bit wild. However, the boy and his horse soon become [..]
Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
"Under the Yum Yum Tree" is a romantic comedy about a landlord who prefers to rent rooms to attractive single females. He is challenged when he finds out that one of his boarders is engaged, and she has an agreement with her boyfriend to see how things go [..]
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
"Is Paris Burning?" is a World War II drama set in 1944 when the Nazi German general occupying Paris receives orders from Berlin to destroy the city if it becomes clear that Allied troops are about to invade. French director Rene Clement did an excellent job at the [..]
The Thing (1982)
"The Thing" is a science fiction horror movie about an American research station in Antarctica invaded by an extra-terrestrial lifeform that invades, then imitates, other life forms. Horror film "expert" John Carpenter ("Escape From New York" 1981) directed a film filled with scifi drama and lots of gory [..]