Lee J. Cobb's classic performance as troubled salesman Willy Loman was recorded for history in the 1966 made-for-television movie "Death of a Salesman." Cobb originated the role in the 1949 stage play, and was overlooked for the 1951 feature motion picture from Columbia Pictures, replaced by [..]

"Return to Oz" is an unofficial sequel to the 1939 popular classic film "The Wizard of Oz." Director-screenwriter Walter Murch put together a darker version of the Oz story than audiences have been used to since 1939. He based this film on L. Frank Baum's later [..]

Welcome to "Paradise, Hawaiian Style." This light and breezy Elvis Presley musical vehicle is the third movie he and manager Tom Parker filmed in Hawaii, after "Blue Hawaii" (1961) and "Girls, Girls, Girls" (1962). Co-stars include Suzanna Lee, James Shigeta, Jan Shepard, Philip Ahn, Donna [..]

"Madam X" is a melodrama film where Lana Turner plays a woman from a lower class background who marries into a wealthy family. Her husband is away frequently, and Turner's character falls into an affair with a man who dies suddenly. Her mother-in-law blackmails her to leave the [..]

Paul Newman and Julie Andrews find out what's behind the "Torn Curtain," Alfred Hitchcock's 50th film. The Master of Suspense still has the magic touch after decades of movie making, with this story of two people trying to escape East German communism at the height of the [..]

Natalie Wood dominates the movie screen in "This Property is Condemned." The photogenic star in her prime is definitely the main attraction in this film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Southern melodramatic novel and play. The story is about a southern belle (Wood) clashing with her domineering mother (Kate [..]

"Any Wednesday" is a romantic comedy about a businessman's secretary who sends her boss's out of town client to an apartment that she does not know is the residence of his mistress. All sorts of drama and comedy proceed from there, very poorly executed by director Robert [..]

"Despicable Me" is an animated comedy movie about a supervillain named Gru who adopts three orphan girls to use in a nefarious scheme to make money but suddenly develops an emotional attachment to them. Prominent characters of the film are the Minions, small pill-shaped creatures serving Gru. Directors [..]

"De-Lovely" is a musical biopic about the life and career of famed composer Cole Porter (1891-1964). Director Irwin Winkler ("Life as a House" 2001) put together a film with mediocre performances by the cast as well as spotty and inconsistent production values. For instance, the numerous Cole Porter [..]

"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" is an epic war film set in the 1805 Napoleonic Wars telling the story of the British ship H. M. S. Surprise ordered to capture a French vessel off the coast of South America. There is loads of [..]