"This Sporting Life" stars Richard Harris as a Yorkshire, England, blue-collar worker turned professional rugby player. This first starring role for Harris earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. (His co-star Rachel Roberts, who played his wife, was also received an Academy Award nod for [..]
The Ugly American (1963)
"The Ugly American" is a political drama film about American involvement in a civil war of a fictional southeast Asian country called Sarkhan, an obvious stand-in for Vietnam. Director George Englund created a thoughtful film that critiqued U. S. foreign policy and put American meddling in [..]
Cleopatra (1963)
The story of Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, and Mark Antony makes for great drama (both on screen and off) in the spectacle motion picture "Cleopatra." The 20th Century Fox brass and producer Walter Wanger spared no expense for lavish sets, extravagant costumes, and a huge cast of [..]
Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
Lucille Ball plays a young woman who is flunking classes at a secretarial school, so she is surprised when a real estate agent hires her to work at his business. She does not realize that it is a front for a bookmaking operation that takes bets on horse [..]
The Birds (1963)
The creative talents of director Alfred Hitchcock seem to reach the heights in "The Birds." He skillfully turned benign creatures such as birds in a pet shop at the beginning of the film into some of the scariest villains in cinematic history. Credit [..]
A Tale of Two Guns (2022)
"A Tale of Two Guns" tells the story of a bounty hunter searching across the Arizona Territory for the last surviving member of an outlaw gang. Director-screenwriter Justin Lee put together this western with great scenery, sets, and costumes, but is short on storyline and action [..]
The Flintstones (1994)
"The Flintstones" is a comedy film based on the animated television series that ran on ABC from 1960-1966. The story has several subplots involving Fred and Wilma Flintstone (John Goodman & Elizabeth Perkins) and Barney and Betty Rubble (Rick Moranis & Rosie O'Donnell). Director Brian Levant ("Beethoven" 1992) [..]
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
"Devil in a Blue Dress" is a neo-noir mystery film starring Denzel Washington as a World War II veteran in 1948 Los Angeles who becomes drawn into a search for a mysterious woman. Director-screenwriter Carl Franklin ("One False Move" 1992) used a familiar motion picture storyline and turned [..]
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
"Where the Wild Things Are" is the off-beat story of a nine-year-old boy named Max who travels on a boat to an island filled with strange and mysterious creatures. They soon make Max their king, bringing on all kinds of drama and some comedy. The strange story was [..]
Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)
In this third "Gidget" movie, the college-bound Malibu, California-based surfer girl takes the summer off as "Gidget Goes to Rome." She is on holiday with boyfriend Moondoggie and they are chaperoned by her aunt. However, her father in California is still nervous about Gidget being far from home, [..]