"Pale Rider" is a classic western movie which tells the story of a major land owner using a band of hooligans to terrorize a town of gold miners. Director Clint Eastwood assembled this very high quality western dealing with a good vs. evil theme. [..]

"Primal Fear" is a crime drama thriller movie about an attorney who takes on a case where an altar boy is accused of murdering a Roman Catholic bishop. Director Gregory Hoblit assembled this complex thriller with more twists-and-turns than a pretzel. The marvelous screenplay [..]

"The Bad and the Beautiful" is a melodrama about a domineering movie producer who alienates everyone around him. Director Vincente Minnelli ("An American in Paris" 1951) put together an engrossing melodrama with several storylines going on at once, all packed into the 113 minute running time [..]

"The Secret Life of Bees" is a drama film about a 14-year-old girl who flees from her abusive father with the family maid to live with the latter's family in another town. Director-screenwriter Gina Prince-Blythewood put together a charming coming-of-age story with good writing, quality production values, fine [..]

"Nowhere Special" is a drama movie about a working class single parent who must make arrangements for the care of his four-year-old son when he is faced with a diagnosis of a terminal illness. Director-screenwriter Uberto Pasolini ("Still Life" 2013) put together an engrossing and [..]

Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain play best friends and suburbanite neighbors who seem to have everything when a tragic accident shatters their lives and changes them forever in "Mother's Instincts." French cinematographer Benoit Delhomme was meticulous in details creating this psychological thriller in his directorial debut. Sarah Conradt [..]

"Thelma" is a comedy-drama about a 93-year-old grandmother who loses ten thousand dollars to a con artist working over the phone. With the help of her grandson and a friend with a motorized scoter, she embarks on a wild journey across the Los Angeles basin [..]

"The Count of Monte Cristo" is the story of Edmond Dantes who is falsely imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. After fourteen years in an island prison, he escapes and manages to get his hands on a hidden fortune, whose location was revealed to him by [..]

Terrorists detonate a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles as the U. S. slides into war and chaos in "Homestead." A group of people take refuge in an elaborate fortress in the mountains, and are soon dealing with fallout and displaced persons seeking help at their doorstep. Director Ben [..]

"Miracle on 34th Street" is a Christmas comedy-drama movie about a department store Santa who claims to be the real Santa Clause. This leads to a court case to determine his mental health and his authenticity as the actual Kris Kringle, embroiling all of New York City. Director-screenwriter [..]