"The Searchers" is a western movie where John Wayne plays a man returning to Texas after the Civil War only to find that members of his brother's family have been killed or abducted by the Comanche Indians. He goes on a five year search for them. [..]

The Best Picture of 1956 is....."Around the World in 80 Days." This is a classic adventure film starring David Niven as a man who bets his friends in London that he can travel around the world in eighty days. He uses ships, trains, and a hot [..]

The second film pairing of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn came in a highly dramatic movie with political overtones. "Keeper of the Flame" is the story of the widow (Hepburn) of a national leader whose sudden death prompts a reporter (Tracy) to investigate his life and career. He [..]

"Presenting Lily Mars" is a typical MGM musical featuring Judy Garland as a small-town girl who wants to make it big in show business. Garland is in her prime here, with musical and acting abilities in top form. This was her second adult role, after [..]

Bette Davis is in the thick of the dramatics in "Old Acquaintance." The story follows the ups and downs of the friendship of two women (Davis and Miriam Hopkins) from 1924 to 1932 to 1941. The well written screenplay by John Van Druten and Lenore Coffee and tight [..]

"They Got Me Covered" is a comedy-thriller movie starring Bob Hope as a Moscow correspondent who fall out of favor with his editor when he fails to report that Germany has recently invaded Russia. Director David Butler ("Road to Morocco" 1942) crafted a good vehicle for Hope. [..]

Warner Bros. Pictures puts its best foot forward to help the war effort with "This is the Army." Producers Jack L. Warner and Hal B. Wallis hired Irving Berlin to write the music and lyrics for this tuneful World War II morale booster. Berlin even [..]

Lucille Ball and company put their "Best Foot Forward" in this bouncy musical comedy. The storyline has the "B-movie" star invited to a military academy dance by a cadet, incurring the wrath of his girl friend. Director Edward Buzzell ("Honolulu" 1939) did a fair job at the helm [..]

"Freud's Last Session" is the story of a fictional meeting between C. S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud. The pair are of the opposite opinion on nearly every issue, especially the topic of the existence of God. The avowed atheist Freud greatly resents Lewis' recent [..]

"Challengers" is a sports-romantic drama about a tennis player-turned-coach helping her champion husband get out of his recent slump by coaxing him to play in a lower-level challenger event. The situation becomes complicated when his opponent is her ex-boyfriend and his best friend from childhood. The [..]