Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie play a married couple who are unaware that they are both hit men working for competing agencies in "Mr. and Mrs. Smith." Things get dicey when they are both assigned to kill the same target. Director Doug Liman ("The [..]
Suburbicon (2017)
"Suburbicon" is a comedy film about a family in an American suburb in 1959 who face problems of all sorts, including a home invasion, troubles with family and friends, and a black family moving in next door. Director George Clooney ("The Ides of March" 2011) put [..]
I’ll Be Right There (2023)
"I'll Be Right There" is a comedy-drama film about a divorced middle-aged woman trying to balance her own romantic life with the needs of her family, like her mother's health concerns, her pregnant daughter's wedding plans, and her son's uncertain future. Edie Falco stars in the top role, [..]
Fort Apache (1948)
"Fort Apache" is a post-Civil War western about the clash between two Army officers over the treatment of Indians at Fort Apache, Arizona. John Wayne and Henry Fonda star in this film well-directed by John Ford ("My Darling Clementine" 1946) from an excellent screenplay by Frank S. Nugent. [..]
State of the Union (1948)
"State of the Union" is a political drama film about an aircraft tycoon who decides to run for President, and reunites with his estranged wife at the urging of his unscrupulous campaign manager. But when the wife learns of the unethical maneuvers of the manager, she raises a [..]
Johnny Belinda (1948)
Jane Wyman delivers the role of a lifetime in "Johnny Belinda." Her riveting performance as a deaf-mute young woman who is raped earned Wyman the Academy Award for Best Actress, the film's sole Oscar win out of twelve nominations. The screenplay by Allen Vincent and [..]
Easter Parade (1948)
"Easter Parade" is a musical film about a Broadway star whose dancing partner goes solo, and he must select a new one. His choice turns out to not be not a great fit in his act, and but he realizes he has problems when he starts [..]
Key Largo (1948)
"Key Largo" is a film noir drama about a World War II veteran visiting Key Largo, Florida, to pay his respects to a fellow soldier killed in action. Soon after arriving, he realizes that a big-time gangster is living at the hotel owned by the widow's [..]
Red River (1948)
"Red River" is a superior horse opera featuring John Wayne as a cattle rancher who finds he cannot sell his herd in the cash-poor post-Civil War South. So he simply decides to move the cattle from Texas to Kansas in this fictional account of the first [..]
Jaws 2 (1978)
The seaside town of Amity is once again troubled by sharks in "Jaws 2." Roy Scheider as the police chief thinks he spots the return of the familiar ocean predator from five year earlier. The mayor disagrees and fires him, with the drama proceeding from there. Director Jeannot [..]