"Cheaper by the Dozen" is a family comedy film based on the true story of the large Gilbreth family, as Frank and Lillian attempt to raise twelve children relying on their skills as efficiency experts, leading to all sorts of wacky situations. Director Walter Lang ("Mother Wore Tights" [..]
The West Point Story (1950)
James Cagney stars as an unemployed Broadway producer who is asked to stage a show with his girl friend (Virginia Mayo) at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, about 57 miles north of New York City, on the Hudson River. Director Roy Del Ruth ("The Babe [..]
Home Alone 5 (2012)
"Home Alone 5: The Holiday Heist" is a made-for-television Christmas family film about ten-year-old Finn Baxter whose family recently moved from California to Maine. Finn is convinced that their new house is haunted by ghosts, so he sets up booby traps to catch them. He does not realize [..]
Labor Day (2013)
"Labor Day" is a drama film about a divorced woman and her thirteen-year-old son who encounter a man at the grocery story who clearly needs their help. He convinces them to let him stay at their house for a day or two until he can recover from a [..]
All About Eve (1950)
The Best Picture of 1950 is....."All About Eve." This captivating drama is about a young actress using theater people to promote her own career. Anne Baxter is deviously charming as Eve Harrington, who ingratiates herself with veteran actress Margo Channing and her circle of friends. [..]
Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)
After the smashing success of 1947's "The Egg and I," which starred Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, Universal-International launched the film's co-stars Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride into their own movie series. "Ma and Pa Kettle" was the first in this film franchise that lasted ten years and [..]
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
"A Letter to Three Wives" is a glossy melodrama about a woman who writes letters to three women saying that she had run away with the husband of one of them. Joseph L. Mankiewicz ("The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" 1947) tightly directed this engrossing film, with [..]
On the Town (1949)
"On the Town" is one of the best musical films of all time which features Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Jules Munshin as three sailors on leave in New York City. Roger Edens and Lennie Hayton won the pictures sole Academy Award for Best Musical Score. [..]
The Hasty Heart (1949)
"The Hasty Heart" is a drama film set in a British mobile surgery unit towards the end of World War II in a jungle in Burma. A group of Allied soldiers, and one nurse, must deal with a disagreeable Scotsman who is dying from kidney problems. [..]
Home Alone 4 (2002)
Kevin McAllister is upset that his parents are divorced, and he must choose where to spend Christmas. He decides to go to his father and girl friend's mansion, where an unnamed foreign royal family is scheduled to arrive, with hijinks proceeding from there in "Home Alone 4: Taking [..]