"The Picture of Dorian Gray" is a good example of a 1940's horror movie at its best. This story of a young man who wishes his aging process and sins to his portrait is captivating, spellbinding, and enthralling. Director-screenwriter Albert Lewin did an outstanding job of adapting the [..]

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer hit the jackpot with the public and critics alike in Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn's third film "Without Love." It is the story of a man and a woman who get married on a platonic basis, believing that they would avoid problems like arguments, jealousy, [..]

"It's a Wonderful Life" is a Christmas film telling the story of George Bailey, a despondent man who is contemplating ending it all when he receives a visit from his guardian angel. He shows George what life would have been like for the people around him [..]

"And Then There Were None" tells the story of ten strangers arriving on a Friday afternoon on island off the coast of Devon in England. They soon discover that they were all invited by a Mr. Owen, who is not present. After dinner, a gramophone record suddenly starts [..]

"Defending Santa" is the story of a small-town sheriff who finds a man asleep in the woods who claims to be Santa Clause. He is put on trial with the district attorney sceptical of his very identity, and, in fact, his santiy. Director [..]

"Christmas in Connecticut" is a holiday romantic comedy where Barbara Stanwyck plays a single New York City reporter whose articles about her fictitious husband and baby on a Connecticut farm becomes a nationwide sensation. The truth is in danger of being revealed when a returning war hero expresses [..]

"A Madea Christmas" is a holiday comedy film telling the story of Mabel "Madea" Simmons and her niece Eileen traveling to a small town in Alabama to visit Eileen's daughter for Christmas. Things hit a snag when it is discovered that the daughter has married a white classmate [..]

The Best Picture of 1945 is....."The Lost Weekend." This is a drama film about an alcoholic who unexpectedly goes on a bender before departing on a scheduled out-of-town trip with his brother. Ray Milland delivers a stunning performance in the lead role, under the guidance of director Billy [..]

"Blood Alley" is an adventure film starring John Wayne as a riverboat captain transporting dozens of Chinese people at a time from the Communist mainland to freedom in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. Director William Wellman ("A Star is Born" 1937) knew how to put together [..]

"The Night of the Hunter" is a thriller movie about a serial killer (posing as a minister) chasing a widow and her children to steal ten thousand dollars that her husband hid before he died. Charles Laughton did an amazing job as director, the only time he [..]