"War of the Satellites" is a science fiction film telling the story of an alien force that declares war on Earth when the United Nations ignores its warnings against deploying humanity's first satellites in the atmosphere. They feel the human race would contaminate the universe. Famed B-movie director [..]

"The Vikings" is a typical Hollywood swashbuckling-spectacle movie from the 1950's. An all-star cast headed by Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh tells the story of a feud in a Viking royal family, well directed by Richard Fleischer ("20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" 1954) from a screenplay by Calder [..]

"Attack of the 50 Foot Woman" is a typical low-budget 1950's science fiction film telling the story of a woman who grows to the height of fifty feet due to an encounter with an extra-terrestrial alien. She then goes on a rampage looking for her unfaithful [..]

"The Crawling Eye" is typical of early science fiction films: Low budget special effects, bad acting, and predictable storyline. It tells the tale of a mysterious radioactive cloud that appears on the side of Mount Trollenberg in Switzerland. Large octopus-like creatures with a [..]

Susan Hayward delivers what is perhaps the best performance of her career in "I Want to Live!" The Academy Award for Best Actress was awarded to Hayward for her riveting portrayal of accused murderer Barbara Graham. She is in virtually every scene, capturing the [..]

Eartha Kitt and Sammy Davis Jr. star in a drama film called "Anna Lucasta." Kitt plays the title role of a woman in crisis, i.e., romantic problems and family problems. Director Arnold Laven did a good job of telling the story with a [..]

"A Night to Remember" is a disaster film about the sinking of the Titanic. Director Roy Ward Baker ("The One That Got Away" 1957) put together this very historically accurate film with good production values. It was done in the docudrama style, a genre of film [..]

"Topper Takes a Trip" is a sequel to "Topper" (1937), continuing the story of Marion Kirby (Constance Bennett), who tries to gain entry into Heaven but is told she must do a good deed on Earth. That good deed is to reunite a divorced couple, Cosmo and [..]

"The Long, Hot Summer" is melodrama movie about the Varner family in Frenchman's Bend, Mississippi, who are visited by an out-of-towner named Ben Quick. All sorts of sparks fly when Dad Varner, who owns most of the town, thinks about making Ben the head of his [..]

The Best Picture of 1958 is....."Gigi." The talented Leslie Caron stars in the title role, in which she is transformed from a tomboy teenager to a mature young woman before our very eyes. Her co-stars include Louis Jourdan as a gentleman caller, Maurice Chevalier is his uncle, Hermione [..]