A fictional story involving real people is the essence of "A Lion in Winter." The drama revolves around King Henry II of England and a Christmas time visit in 1183 with his imprisoned wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Peter O'Toole and Katherine Hepburn are marvelous in these [..]

One of Elvis Presley's more forgettable films is "Stay Away, Joe," the story about a Native American rodeo star who returns to his reservation to start a cattle business. Director Peter Tewksbury ("Sunday in New York" 1963) was a weak helmsman for this project, with a poorly [..]

Italian director Franco Zeffirelli ("The Taming of the Shrew" 1967) was at the top of his game when he made the 1968 film version of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." Outstanding production values includes a great screenplay that omitted long-winded speeches, marvelous performances by the actors, [..]

"Where Eagles Dare" is a classic World War II action film starring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood. The story is about a joint British-American attempt to rescue a U. S. Army brigadier general who was captured by the Germans. There are few [..]

High drama abounds in the Cold War drama "The Shoes of the Fisherman." Anthony Quinn plays a Russian Catholic priest who is released from a twenty-year imprisonment in a Siberian prison camp. He then goes to Rome, where the Pope appoints him a cardinal, and, [..]

"Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River" is a comedy film about a man whose get-rich-quick schemes alienate his wife, who finally decides to leave him. Director Jerry Paris put together a ridiculous, confusing, and moronic comedy from a very bad screenplay written by Max Wilk, adapted from [..]

"Ice Station Zebra" is an action-adventure film, pure escapist programming with outstanding special effects, and an all-star cast. It was well-directed by John Sturges ("Bad Day at Black Rock" 1955) and nominated for Academy Awards for special effects and cinematography. The more [..]

Frederic March played the definitive Dr. Henry Jekyll in the 1931 horror film "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." He displayed quite an acting range portraying the kindly English doctor who develops a drug that releases a person's evil side, and then uses it on himself, bring out [..]

The Best Picture of 1930-1931 is....."Cimarron." This western epic drama tells the story of an adventurous newspaper editor who moves west to Oklahoma in 1889 with his wife and all of the drama that he and his wife experience in the news business over the next [..]

James Cagney got his big break in the motion picture business in "The Public Enemy." He plays a young man who rises to the top of the criminal underworld in Prohibition Era Chicago, gaining attention from both law enforcement and rival gang leaders. This movie, along with "Little [..]