The Best Picture of 1953 is....."From Here to Eternity." This is the story of three U. S. Army soldiers stationed in Hawaii in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Director Fred Zinnemann ("High Noon" 1952) kept a tight rein at the helm of this [..]

"The Yearling" is a family western movie about a lonely ten-year-old boy who befriends a orphaned fawn. The young deer has a tendency to get into mischief, earning the disapproval of the boy's mother. The father is more tolerant of the situation, with the drama [..]

"The Harvey Girls" is a musical movie with the story centered around Judy Garland as a singing waitress. Director George Sidney ("Viva Las Vegas" 1964) and screenwriter Edmond Beloin put together a high quality film with great music, good production values, and outstanding acting and musical performances. The [..]

"Duel in the Sun" is a western film about a half Native American girl who moves in with her white relatives. As they are second cousins, romantic complications, sexual tension, and racial prejudice come to the surface complicating the storyline. Producer [..]

Paul Walker and Jessica Alba play a couple who live peacefully on the beach in the Bahamas until they discover a famous underwater shipwreck and a downed plane, with drugs, side-by-side. They are soon caught between drug dealers and the local authorities in "Into the Blue." The exciting [..]

"Behind Green Lights" is a crime drama about a police investigation involving a murder after the victim is dumped in front of police headquarters. The investigator starts to fall in love with the main suspect, a beautiful woman who was being blackmailed by the murder victim. Director Otto [..]

"The Postman Always Rings Twice" is a movie about a roadside diner owner who runs into trouble when he hires a drifter to work in his restaurant. The man starts having an affair with his young wife, and the fireworks proceed from there. Tay Garnett ("Bataan" 1943) tightly [..]

"She-Wolf of London" is an old-fashioned horror movie about a young heiress who believes that she may be the werewolf that has been murdering people around her neighborhood in London. Meanwhile, the drama builds as Scotland Yard investigates. The film is evenly paced, [..]

"The Strange Woman" is a melodrama film where Hedy Lamarr plays a woman wreaking havoc in the lives of those around her, especially in the romantic realm. Lamarr delivers a good performance in her B-movie acting range, guided by director Edgar G. Ulmer ("Isle of Forgotten [..]

"I See a Dark Stranger" is a unique World War II spy movie starring Deborah Kerr as an Irish woman who seeks to join the Irish Republican Army to defend Ireland against Britain, but soon becomes entangled in espionage involving a Nazi German spy seeking to undermine England. [..]