"The Old Barn Dance" tells the story of Gene Autry's horse trading business being threatened by a tractor company, with tractors replacing horses for farm work. This fun Republic Pictures movie was directed by Joseph Lane, written by Bernard McConville and Charles F. Royal, and produced [..]

"Holiday" is a romantic comedy film that is the story of a man from humble beginnings who gets engaged to a woman from a wealthy, upper-crust background. The comedy proceeds from there, benefiting from polished direction from George Cukor ("Camille" 1936) and a witty screenplay by [..]

The Best Picture of 1938 is....."You Can't Take It with You." This is a romantic comedy about a man from a family of wealthy snobs who becomes engaged to his secretary, a woman from a good-natured and eccentric family of a lower middle class background. Director [..]

"Unstoppable" is a disaster thriller film about a huge unmanned locomotive out of control on railroad tracks in urban Pennsylvania, loaded with toxic chemicals which would cause an environmental disaster and massive loss of human life if derailed. The only hope of stopping the train is in the [..]

"Morning Glory" is the story of a young producer, played by Rachel McAdams, who accepts the challenge of reviving a low-rated morning talk show with battling co-hosts, one a "happy talk" hostess (Diane Keaton) and a veteran serious-minded journalist (Harrison Ford). Roger Mitchell ("Notting Hill" 1999) was weak [..]

"Watermelon Man" is the story of a bigoted white man who wakes up one morning to finds he has turned black. He becomes the victim of discriminatory practices, the very same behaviors he himself once used on black people. Director Melvin Van Peebles put together a thoughtful comedy [..]

"12 Angry Men" is the story of a jury deliberating a guilty/not guilty verdict on an inner city teenage boy accused of killing his father. At the beginning, one juror believes in the boy's innocence with the other eleven ready to vote guilty. The lone juror [..]

"The Manchurian Candidate" is a the story of a Gulf War veteran experiencing terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad member, now a candidate for U. S. Vice President, is the hero that people remember him being. The political and psychological drama continues from there, [..]

"How the West Was Won" is an epic western drama telling the story of four generations of a family as they move westward from upstate New York to the Pacific Ocean. The film consists of five segments, three directed by Henry Hathaway ("North to Alaska" 1960) and one [..]

"Follow That Dream" is a musical comedy starring Elvis Presley as a member of a family who decide to "homestead" beachfront property in Florida. This results in all manner of entertaining comedy and drama, well executed by director Gordon Douglas ("The Sins of Rachel Cade" 1961), from [..]