"Forbidden Planet" has stood the test of time, a science fiction classic that brought the genre into the modern era. Director Fred M. Wilcox ("Lassie Come Home" 1943) instilled this film with characteristics which scifi movies did not previously possess: High quality special effects, travel at [..]

Marjorie Main as Ma Kettle goes solo in "The Kettles in the Ozarks," the eighth installment of the popular Universal-International franchise. Percy Kilbride's decision to leave his role of Pa Kettle had screenwriter Kay Lenard send Ma Kettle and the kids from their home in Cape Flattery, [..]

Director John Huston ("Key Largo" 1948) did an outstanding job in bringing Herman Melville's 1851 novel "Moby Dick" to the big screen. The spectacle of Captain Ahab fighting the big whale combined with a morality play makes for great movie viewing. Huston co-wrote the screenplay [..]

Elvis Presley made his motion picture debut in "Love Me Tender," a western soap opera about four brothers in the Civil War. There were several musical numbers featured in the film, including the title song, which was an Elvis hit on the charts at the time. [..]

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's 1951 winsome stage musical "The King and I" was preserved on film in 1956. The story was adapted from Margaret Landon's 1944 novel "Anna and the King," which in turn was based on the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, the tutor of the children [..]

"Tyson's Run" is a drama film about a 15-year-old autistic boy attending high school for the first time, after years of being home schooled. He finds he excels in running, helped out by his new friend, a marathon runner named Aklilu. The engrossing drama proceeds from there, well [..]

"Finding Faith" is a drama film about a Christian advise columnist who begins to lose her faith after a series of life events, including losing her mother and the disintegration of her marriage. After hitting rock bottom, she begins a journey back in both expected and unexpected ways. [..]

"Slightly Scarlett" is a noir crime drama about a crime boss' associate who gets a woman released from prison whose sister works for a reform political candidate. He figures this will throw a monkey wrench into the man's campaign, but the situation changes when he has a [..]

Producer-director-screenwriter Robert Rossen ("All the King's Men" 1949) put together a colossal dud with "Alexander the Great." This two hour-plus biopic of the Macedonian general and king (356-323 B. C.) dragged on and on with bad dialogue, uneven plot, sluggish storyline, mediocre performances, etc. The [..]

"Hollywood Ending" is a comedy where Woody Allen plays washed-up director Val Waxman, who gets a big break to once again be at the helm of a major motion picture. However, the offer comes from his former wife and her current boyfriend. Waxman is [..]