"Harum Scarum" is a musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley as a movie star promoting his latest movie in the Middle East when he is kidnapped by local thugs, who mistake his swashbuckling movie image for the real thing. They want him to use his martial arts [..]

Legendary Hollywood film director George Stevens ("Giant" 1956) put together a comprehensive look at the life of Jesus of Nazareth in "The Greatest Story Ever Told." He succeeded in directing and co-writing (with James Lee Barrett) a movie with fine acting, excellent dialogue, flowing storyline, as well [..]

"I'll Take Sweden" is a typical Bob Hope comedy that serves up his humor with a new generation of actors. Tuesday Weld plays Hope's daughter and Frankie Avalon is her boyfriend, who Bob does not like and so he transfers his job to Stockholm, Sweden, to get [..]

"Night and Day" is a biopic about the life and career of Cole Porter. Director Michael Curtiz ("Mildred Pierce" 1945) put together a first class biography of Porter that emphasized his diverse musical accomplishments as well as drama about his personal life, not always factual. The [..]

"2099: The Soldier Protocol" is a futuristic science fiction movie where a paraplegic prison inmate agrees to undergo scientific experiments to restore mobility to his legs but is not told the entire price of the procedure. Director Dee McLachlan put together a film whose only saving [..]

Lucille Ball takes on the role of "Mame," the story of an eccentric who become guardian of her nephew when her brother passes away. Ball is a bit too long in the tooth and not vocally gifted enough for this classic musical role. However, director Gene [..]

"Minions: The Rise of Gru" is the sequel to "Minions" (2015) and tells the story of Gru as an eleven-year-old planning to become a supervillain with the help of his friends, the Minions. This leads to a showdown with an evil team called the Vicious 6. Director Kyle [..]

"Ship of Fools" is a drama film about a diverse group of passengers aboard a cruise ship traveling from Germany to Mexico in 1933. Director Stanley Kramer ("It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" 1963) put together a tightly directed and engrossing film which seems shorter than [..]

The Best Picture of 1965 is....."The Sound of Music." This is one of Hollywood's most popular musicals of time, and after decades of viewing, it has stood the test of time. "The Sound of Music" is the retelling of the true story of Maria von Trapp (1905-1987) and [..]

George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's chitty-chatty 1932 Broadway stage play "Dinner at Eight" was turned into a film in 1933. MGM gave it the first class treatment with producer David O. Selznick and director George Cukor ("What Price Hollywood?" 1932) in charge, and Frances Marion [..]