"Where Eagles Dare" is a classic World War II action film starring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood. The story is about a joint British-American attempt to rescue a U. S. Army brigadier general who was captured by the Germans. There are few [..]
The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
High drama abounds in the Cold War drama "The Shoes of the Fisherman." Anthony Quinn plays a Russian Catholic priest who is released from a twenty-year imprisonment in a Siberian prison camp. He then goes to Rome, where the Pope appoints him a cardinal, and, [..]
Don’t Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968)
"Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River" is a comedy film about a man whose get-rich-quick schemes alienate his wife, who finally decides to leave him. Director Jerry Paris put together a ridiculous, confusing, and moronic comedy from a very bad screenplay written by Max Wilk, adapted from [..]
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
"Ice Station Zebra" is an action-adventure film, pure escapist programming with outstanding special effects, and an all-star cast. It was well-directed by John Sturges ("Bad Day at Black Rock" 1955) and nominated for Academy Awards for special effects and cinematography. The more [..]
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Frederic March played the definitive Dr. Henry Jekyll in the 1931 horror film "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." He displayed quite an acting range portraying the kindly English doctor who develops a drug that releases a person's evil side, and then uses it on himself, bring out [..]
Cimarron (1931)
The Best Picture of 1930-1931 is....."Cimarron." This western epic drama tells the story of an adventurous newspaper editor who moves west to Oklahoma in 1889 with his wife and all of the drama that he and his wife experience in the news business over the next [..]
The Public Enemy (1931)
James Cagney got his big break in the motion picture business in "The Public Enemy." He plays a young man who rises to the top of the criminal underworld in Prohibition Era Chicago, gaining attention from both law enforcement and rival gang leaders. This movie, along with "Little [..]
Bullitt (1968)
"Bullitt" is a crime thriller movie where Steve McQueen plays a police detective who pursues a group of mobsters after they kill a witness he's been assigned to protect. Peter Yates ("Summer Holiday" 1963) tightly directed this action-filled picture, well-known for a memorable car chase scene through [..]
Oliver! (1968)
The Best Picture of 1968 is....."Oliver!" This musical drama film is the story of Oliver Twist, a 9-year-old orphan boy who falls in with the wrong crowd, a group of street urchin pickpockets led by the Artful Dodger. When one of Oliver's intended marks takes pity on him [..]
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" is the sixth in the 007 movie series and tells the story of James Bond once again experiencing problems with Ernst Stavro Blofeld. In this film, Sean Connery has left the series and Eon Productions has hired Australian actor George Lazenby to replace [..]