"Hollywood Ending" is a comedy where Woody Allen plays washed-up director Val Waxman, who gets a big break to once again be at the helm of a major motion picture. However, the offer comes from his former wife and her current boyfriend. Waxman is [..]

"Hoodwinked!" is a computer-animated comedy crime-drama film which is a retelling of the old folktale "Little Red Riding Hood." The story has two critter cops investigating a disturbance at Granny's house involving Granny, her granddaughter Little Red Riding Hood, a Big Bad Wolf, and a Woodsman. There are [..]

High drama and action in the French Alps is the subject matter in "The Mountain." Two brothers make a perilous journey through the Alps to reach a crashed airplane. The younger wants to search the wreckage for money and valuables, while the older only wants [..]

"War and Peace" is the film version of the 1869 novel of the same name by Leo Tolstoy, a melodrama of Russia's aristocracy set in the backdrop of the French invasion of that country in 1812. Though much of the novel was left out of the screen adaptation, [..]

"Lust for Life" is the story of famed Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890). The troubled artist was portrayed by Kirk Douglas, who seemed to be in every scene of the film, delivering an energetic performance. It earned him an Oscar nomination, one of four [..]

"Arcadian" is a science fiction horror film where Nicholas Cage plays a man trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world with his two teenage sons. Director Benjamin Brewer put together a film that has loads of action and a believable storyline from the screenplay by Michael Nilon. However, [..]

"Bad Education" is a crime drama film about a successful Long Island school superintendent bringing his district attention and prestige with higher education results. That begins to change when a student reporter uncovers an embezzlement scheme, causing him to formulate a cover-up. The fascinating drama [..]

"Giant" is an epic tale of a wealthy Texas rancher, his wife, and their children, and their life together over twenty-five years. Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson are at the top of the cast in this glossy soap opera, with Dennis Hopper, Fran Bennett, and Carroll Baker playing [..]

"Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" is a psychological horror film about a former vaudeville child star tormenting her paraplegic sister, a former film star who eclipsed her as a movie star, while they live in an aging Hollywood mansion, hoping for a comeback. The chemistry between [..]

"High Society" is a musical-romantic-comedy about a love triangle where Grace Kelly plays a woman engaged to be married (to John Lund), but is still in love with her former husband (Bing Crosby). Frank Sinatra and Celeste Holm play a reporter and photographer, respectively, who enter the [..]