Director Alfred Hitchcock ("North by Northwest" 1959) pushed the limits of acceptable filmmaking with "Psycho." Unprecedented depiction of violence and sexuality made its way into Hitch's patented suspense-filled story telling. Today this motion picture seems very mild. The plot centers on an on-the-run embezzler taking refuge in a [..]

"The Millionairess" is a romantic comedy about a wealthy young woman who must marry a man who meets particular requirements in her father's will, or else forget about it. She falls in love with a doctor who is not up to snuff, and the comedy proceeds from [..]

"Spartacus" is an epic historic drama movie about a slave who leads a rebellion against the Roman Republic in 71 B. C. Expert direction by Stanley Kubrick ("The Killing" 1956) and a marvelous screenplay by Dalton Trumbo made this a top-rate film with outstanding production values. It was [..]

"The Time Machine" is the story of a scientist who builds a time machine, and decides to visit the future, despite warnings from friends against "tempting the laws of Providence." At first, he only travels 14 years into the future, then 40 years ahead. What he [..]

"Exodus" is an epic motion picture dealing with events surrounding the founding of the state of Israel in 1948. The name of the film is taken from the ship Exodus which transported 611 Jewish refugees from the island of Cyprus to the Holy Land in 1947. [..]

"While You Were Sleeping" is a romantic comedy movie about a lonely transit worker who has a crush on a handsome commuter whom she sees daily. On Christmas Day, she rescues him from an oncoming train, takes him to the hospital, where his family mistakenly thinks she [..]

"Portrait in Black" is melodrama film about a woman caring for her ailing elderly husband. Her boyfriend is also the attending physician. When the husband passes away, a high profile murder investigation ensues, with the heavy drama proceeding from there. Director Michael Gordon ("Pillow [..]

"La Dolce Vita" is a satirical comedy-drama film that takes a look at Western lifestyles from Italian director Federico Fellini. He employs top-rate production values with focused direction, a lucid screenplay, natural appearing performances, and elegant cinematography that seems to make each scene look like a magnificent [..]

Elizabeth Taylor won her first Oscar playing a prostitute in "Butterfield 8." The story has the hardened call girl getting into a tumultuous affair with a married man, played by her husband Eddie Fisher. She did well in the nuanced role of a loose woman, which [..]

"Pollyanna" is just one example of the high quality projects that Walt Disney gave to the world. Young actress Hayley Mills brought to life the irrepressibly positive Pollyanna from the 1913 children's book by Eleanor Porter. The story tells how she survived several hardships, including the death of [..]