"Please Stand By" is an interesting story of an young, intelligent autistic woman living in a "group home" in San Francisco where she is continually monitored by the group leader. She is an avid "Star Trek" fan, and is writing a 450-page "Trek" script for Paramount Pictures' [..]

"Dracula Untold" differs from past Dracula pictures and gives the vampire a backstory, going from Prince Vlad of Transylvania to war hero to family man to vampire. First time director Gary Shore and screenwriters Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless seemed to be attempting to portray him in [..]

"Better Living Through Chemistry" is a dark comedy about a pharmacist whose life goes awry when he and his girl friend abuse drugs obtained from his pharmacy. Although directors-screenwriters David Posamentier and Geoff Moore do deliver a few laughs and try to be hip with some slick [..]

Barbara Stanwyck delivered an exciting performance as America's most famous female sharpshooter in "Annie Oakley." Director George Stevens ("Swing Time" 1936) and screenwriters Joel Sayre and John Twist gave Stanwyck the best possible material and production values to work with. The supporting cast includes Preston [..]

"College Swing" is a hilarious comedy film featuring scores of familiar faces like Gracie Allen, who plays a young woman who fails to graduate from a college founded by her grandfather for a ninth year in a row. Her grandfather then puts a codicil in his will [..]

Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck headline one of the most enduring of the 1930's and 1940's screwball comedies called "Ball of Fire." It tells the story of a group of mostly sheltered and secluded bachelor professors writing an encyclopedia, headed by Cooper, who try to learn the [..]

Gina Lollobrigida's smoldering presence dominates the screen in "The Law," an Italian-French movie that tells the story of a southern Italian fishing village governed by corrupt criminal elements. An engineer comes to town to drain the swamp, and in the process attempts to aid the townsfolk to [..]

"The Ipcress File" is a classic British spy thriller featuring Michael Caine as secret agent Harry Palmer, something of an opposite of James Bond with his low-key personality and the film's unglamorous depiction of espionage work. The story centers on Palmer sent to investigate the disappearance [..]

Excitement reigns supreme in the second stint by Michael Caine as British secret agent Harry Palmer in "Funeral in Berlin." Palmer is sent by his boss Colonel Ross to Berlin to arrange for the defection of a Soviet intelligence officer. Director Guy Hamilton ("Goldfinger" 1964) directed [..]

Michael Caine plays the British secret agent Harry Palmer for the third time in as many years in "Billion Dollar Brain." Director Ken Russell ("Women in Love" 1969) keeps a tight ship in this story of a retired Palmer being drawn back into the espionage business with [..]