"You Only Live Once" is a film noir movie about an ex-con who has difficulties getting hired on to a regular job, and is subsequently forced to return to a life of crime. The melodrama proceeds from there, with plenty of twists and turns in the plot, well-orchestrated [..]

"Scarlett Street" is a film noir drama about two criminals who take advantage of a middle-aged painter in order to take credit for his artwork, which is becoming increasingly popular. Director Fritz Lang ("You Only Live Once" 1937) was masterful at the helm of this motion picture [..]

Joan Crawford won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the vastly entertaining melodrama "Mildred Pierce." This was her first role at Warner Bros. after leaving MGM. She received the star treatment at her new place of employment, as studio head [..]

"The Picture of Dorian Gray" is a good example of a 1940's horror movie at its best. This story of a young man who wishes his aging process and sins to his portrait is captivating, spellbinding, and enthralling. Director-screenwriter Albert Lewin did an outstanding job of adapting the [..]

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer hit the jackpot with the public and critics alike in Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn's third film "Without Love." It is the story of a man and a woman who get married on a platonic basis, believing that they would avoid problems like arguments, jealousy, [..]

"It's a Wonderful Life" is a Christmas film telling the story of George Bailey, a despondent man who is contemplating ending it all when he receives a visit from his guardian angel. He shows George what life would have been like for the people around him [..]

"And Then There Were None" tells the story of ten strangers arriving on a Friday afternoon on island off the coast of Devon in England. They soon discover that they were all invited by a Mr. Owen, who is not present. After dinner, a gramophone record suddenly starts [..]

"Defending Santa" is the story of a small-town sheriff who finds a man asleep in the woods who claims to be Santa Clause. He is put on trial with the district attorney sceptical of his very identity, and, in fact, his santiy. Director [..]

"Christmas in Connecticut" is a holiday romantic comedy where Barbara Stanwyck plays a single New York City reporter whose articles about her fictitious husband and baby on a Connecticut farm becomes a nationwide sensation. The truth is in danger of being revealed when a returning war hero expresses [..]

"A Madea Christmas" is a holiday comedy film telling the story of Mabel "Madea" Simmons and her niece Eileen traveling to a small town in Alabama to visit Eileen's daughter for Christmas. Things hit a snag when it is discovered that the daughter has married a white classmate [..]