The amazing story behind the first English settlement in North America is told in "First Landing." This made-for-television movie tells of Robert Hunt, a Church of England vicar who served as chaplain of the Susan Constant and two other ships transporting British citizens to the New World. [..]

Special effects rule the day in the action picture "Transformers." Executive producer Steven Spielberg and director Michael Bay ("Pearl Harbor" 2001) have combined computer animation with live action is this exciting film based on the Hasbro toy line and the 1980's cartoon series. [..]

Steve McQueen and Lee Remick deliver strong performances in "Baby, the Rain Must Fall." Remick plays a woman who moves across Texas with her daughter to attempt a reconciliation with her husband, played by McQueen, who has just been released from prison. It's a tough road [..]

The laughs do not come as abundantly as one might expect from a Neil Simon comedy in "Come Blow Your Horn." This story of a young man moving out of his parents house and into his playboy big brother's apartment was not expertly handled by director Bud [..]

"Seven Days in May" is an exciting political thriller about an attempted military takeover of the U. S. government when the President negotiates a disarmament treaty with the Soviet Union. Director John Frankenheimer ("Birdman of Alcatraz" 1962) and screenwriter Rod Serling skillfully crafted this superior Cold War [..]

"Lake City" is an excellent drama film about a mother and son reuniting years after a family tragedy separates them. Directors-screenwriters Hunter Hill and Perry Moore did an excellent job of character development and in the pacing of the movie. The cast [..]

"Mad Money" is a terrible heist comedy-drama picture about three women who plot to smuggle cash out of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank where they work. The premise is a bit far-fetched, in a high-security environment like this one, but, as Johnny Carson used to say, [..]

"Me and Orson Welles" is the fictional story of a young actor hired by Welles to work in his stage adaptation of Bill Shakespeare's "Julius Ceasar," and quickly gets involved in a love triangle with Welles and a beautiful female production assistant. Director Richard Linklater ("Bad News [..]

"Linewatch" is a crime drama featuring Cuba Gooding Jr. as a border patrol agent whose friends from his former gang somehow get involved with an incident in which some illegal immigrants are found dead. This movie is at least barely watchable viewing thanks [..]

A modern and updated version of Michael Crichton's 1969 novel (and 1971 film) "The Andromeda Strain" is out from producers Ridley Scott and Tony Scott. It basically has the same story, with a few changes, as the film, i.e., about a team of scientists investigating a highly [..]