"The Jazz Singer" was the first Hollywood film to feature sound recording, effectively ending the silent picture era. Director Alan Crosland and screenwriter Alfred A. Cohn tell the story of a young Jewish man who defies his religious traditions and family wishes by taking singing and performance [..]

The Best Picture of 1984 is....."Amadeus." The story centers around classical music composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, the court conductor for Austria's Joseph II, who becomes jealous of Wolfie's talents when he comes into the emperor's employ. The performances of Tom Hulce and F. [..]

Roger Moore ended his James Bond career battling a villain who wants to sink the Silicon Valley in "A View to a Kill." This seventh time around for Moore featured all the usual action, villains, and beautiful Bond women, well-directed by John Glen ("Octopussy" 1983) and well-written [..]

Filmmaker Steven Spielberg created an enduring movie adventure classic called "The Goonies." This story of a group of kids who discover a map leading to buried treasure while being chased by criminals was well executed by producer-director Richard Donner ("Superman" 1978) and screenwriter Chris Columbus. [..]

Sparks fly on screen and off in the silent picture melodrama "Flesh and the Devil." John Gilbert and Greta Garbo portray a couple in love, as they were in real life, in this classic movie from director Clarence Brown, with a well-written screenplay by Benjamin Glazer. [..]

"Prizzi's Honor" is a black comedy spoofing the many Mafia films to have been made in Hollywood over the years. Director John Huston ("Key Largo" 1948) gives us a fun look into the goings-on in a New York Mob crime family from a wonderful screenplay by Richard [..]

"Weird Science" is an entertaining movie about two male teenagers who create a beautiful woman from a computer program. Director-screenwriter John Hughes ("Home Alone" 1990) adapted the story from the 1950-1953 EC comics of the same name, with great success. Anthony Michael [..]

"Jagged Edge" is an exciting courtroom drama where Glenn Close plays an attorney defending Jeff Bridges' character, a man accused of murdering his wife. Complications arise when they become romantically involved. Economical and focused direction by Richard Marquand ("Star Wars: Return of [..]

A new version of the adventure classic "King Solomon's Mines" came out in 1985 on the one hundredth anniversary of the publication of Henry Rider Haggard's 1885 novel. This film, directed by J. Lee Thompson ("The Guns of Navarone" 1961), features Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone in [..]

"Spies Like Us" is a good vehicle for the wacky comedy of Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd. They star in this humorous story of two U. S. government intelligence flunkies sent on a mission to Pakistan to serve as decoys to take attention away from more experienced [..]