"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 [..]

The last of the seven "Road" pictures with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby was "The Road to Hong Kong." The story has Hope memorizing a secret formula for space travel which brings on loads of laughs and hilarity. Director Norman Panama ("How to Commit Marriage" 1969) did a [..]

"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" is the story of a U. S. Senator attending the funeral of an old friend in a western town when questions arise concerning events from previous years. Certain facts come out that surprise the town folk. Director John Ford ("Stagecoach" [..]

"No Man Is an Island" is the true story of U. S. Navy radioman George Tweed who evaded capture by occupying Japanese troops for two years and seven months on the island of Guam during World War II. Jeffrey Hunter stars in the lead role in this riveting [..]