"Under Capricorn" is a drama film involving a murder mystery and a love triangle from director Alfred Hitchcock ("Foreign Correspondent" 1941). He used his superior expertise at movie-making putting together this film, which is not his usual suspense thriller or espionage drama. The screenplay was written [..]

"My Girl" is a coming-of-age comedy-drama about the friendship of two eleven-year-olds, a boy and a girl, and the day-to-day activity in their lives. Director Howard Zieff put together a realistic and gentle drama about pre-teens, from a well written screenplay by Laurice Elehwany. The [..]

"Notorious" is an Alfred Hitchcock espionage thriller movie where Cary Grant plays a U. S. government official who recruits Ingrid Bergman as a spy to bring Nazis to justice after World War II. She travels to Brazil, where she engages an ex-German officer, played by Claude Rains, with [..]

"The Big Kahuna" is a comedy-drama film about three salesmen hanging out in their company's hospitality suite at a convention, waiting for a prospective client. Most of the movie features the three in extended conversations, with one hot topic being religion. Director John [..]

"Shadow Force" is an action-adventure film about a couple who were once members of a special forces group until they broke the rules by falling in love and getting married. They are now on the run from their former employer, with the situation complicated by the need to [..]

"The Wrong Man" is an engrossing film noir directed by Alfred Hitchcock, telling the the true story of an innocent man charged with a crime. The Master of Suspense departed from his usual drama story and made this docudrama based on a 1956 novel by Maxwell [..]

"The Shining" is a psychological horror movie about a man who becomes a winter caretaker at a hotel in Colorado. As he settles in with his wife and son, it soon becomes evident that the hotel is hiding dark secrets and the caretaker's mental health declines precipitously. Director [..]

"Dreamgirls" is a musical drama film loosely based on the 1960's Motown group Diana Ross and the Supremes. Director-screenwriter Bill Condon ("Beauty and the Beast" 2017) put together a film that on the surface contains glitzy production values, but in fact has a predictable story, underwhelming [..]

"The Getaway" is an action-thriller movie about a criminal married couple who strike a deal with a mob boss to get the hubby out of prison, on the condition that they help the mobster on a big heist. When the job robbing a dog track goes horribly wrong, [..]

"Madea's Big Happy Family" continues the story of Mabel "Madea" Simmons and her circle of friends and family. In this sixth of thirteen films in the Madea Cinematic Universe, her niece Shirley experiences health problems, with her three children too preoccupied with their own lives to [..]