"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" is the story of three men in 1862 in the American Southwest during the Civil War, all searching for a cache of Confederate gold. This very entertaining film is the third in a series of "spaghetti westerns" from Italian director Sergio [..]

The Best Picture of 1966 is....."A Man for All Seasons." This historic drama, set in the early 1500's, tells the story of Thomas More, the Church official who resisted King Henry VIII's attempts to secure an officially sanctioned divorce from Catherine of Aragon. Paul Scofield delivered a powerful [..]

"Scarface" is one of the original gangster films starring Paul Muni as a thug who rises through the ranks of the Chicago gangland scene. Director Howard Hawks ("Bringing Up Baby" 1938) put together quite an exciting film from a marvelous screenplay by Ben Hecht. It was [..]

"A Farewell to Arms" is the story of a romance between an American ambulance driver and an English nurse in Italy during World War I. Director Frank Borzage (the first person to win the Best Director Oscar for "7th Heaven" in 1927) was excellent at the helm of [..]

An early film from director Alfred Hitchcock shows that he had quite a way to go before becoming the Master of Suspense. 1932's "Number Seventeen," which tells the story of a police detective's search for a stolen necklace, suffers from a poorly written screenplay, a confusing [..]

"The Spy Who Dumped Me" is an espionage-comedy film about two best friends who are chased by assassins across Europe when it is discovered that one of their boyfriends turns out to be an agent for the CIA. This is not the best comedy film, spy movie, or [..]

"Master Gardener" is a drama film about a talented horticulturist who enjoys his work at a huge estate owned by a wealthy widow. When he is asked to take on her troubled great-niece as an apprentice, his life is thrown into chaos and troubling secrets from his [..]

"Flipped" follows the story of two children, a boy and a girl, from the second grade into their teenage years. The girl falls in love with him from the first time they meet, but as they grow older, he develops feelings for her and she is not [..]

"Auntie Mame" is the story of an orphan boy who must live with his flamboyant and libertine aunt when his father passes away. Things seem to be fine until Mame Dennis is ruined financially with the stock market crash of 1929, and she must take a [..]

"Streets of New York" is a drama film about a teenager in New York City in the 1930's trying to make an honest living in the midst of criminal activities. He operates a newsstand while studying to be an attorney and caring for a crippled boy whose mother [..]