"Masada" is a fictionalized account of the Roman siege of the famous citadel in 73-74 AD, which resulted in the mass suicide of 960 Jews who did not want to be subjugated to Roman rule. Director Boris Segal and teleplay writer Joel Oliansky put together this engrossing drama [..]

The Best Picture of 1981 is....."Chariots of Fire." This is the story of two determined runners in the 1920's who are training for the British track team that is to appear in the 1924 Paris Olympics: Eric Liddell, a devout Scottish Christian who runs for the glory of [..]

"SOB" is a black comedy which tells the story of a movie producer who has a potential box office bomb on his hands, and the only way he knows of making it profitable is to convince his actress wife, who has a squeaky-clean image, to do a nude [..]

"Modern Problems" is a comedy film telling the story of a man who gets into a car crash with a truck containing nuclear waste, which spills on his car and on his person. The next day he notices he has supernatural powers and the limited comedy proceeds from [..]

"Grease 2" is basically a mediocre remake of 1978's classic musical "Grease," rather than the sequel it was advertised to be. Director-choreographer Patricia Birch, screenwriter Ken Finkelman, and music composer Louis St. Louis made this dud for Paramount Pictures; it barely made a profit at the box [..]

"First Blood" is an action film where Sylvester Stallone plays a troubled Vietnam veteran who wanders into a small town and soon experiences trouble with local law enforcement. The suspense holds through most of the film due to focused direction by Ted Kotcheff ("Fun with Dick and [..]

"Old Yeller" is a story of a family in Texas after the Civil War who adopt a stray dog that helps defend their two sons against wild hogs, bobcats, and even bears. The film became a beloved family classic, well directed by Robert Stevenson ("Mary Poppins" 1964) [..]

"Savage Sam" is the sequel to 1957's "Old Yeller." It stars Tommy Kirk and Kevin Corcoran returning as their characters, brothers Travis and Arliss Coates, along with a new dog called Savage Sam, who gets into as much trouble as Old Yeller. While their parents are away visiting [..]

"Mission: Impossible III" is a spy thriller where Tom Cruise returns as IMF agent Ethan Hunt, coming out of retirement to capture an elusive and dangerous arms dealer. Director J. J. Abrams, in his feature film debut, put together a fast-moving story with eye-popping stunts in this [..]

Tom Cruise returns for the second time as Ethan Hunt in "Mission: Impossible II," where he and his IMF team accept a mission to capture a virus from Germany before terrorists release it on the public. The situation is complicated when they discover that bad actors are [..]