Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's 1951 winsome stage musical "The King and I" was preserved on film in 1956. The story was adapted from Margaret Landon's 1944 novel "Anna and the King," which in turn was based on the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, the tutor of the children [..]

"Tyson's Run" is a drama film about a 15-year-old autistic boy attending high school for the first time, after years of being home schooled. He finds he excels in running, helped out by his new friend, a marathon runner named Aklilu. The engrossing drama proceeds from there, well [..]

"Finding Faith" is a drama film about a Christian advise columnist who begins to lose her faith after a series of life events, including losing her mother and the disintegration of her marriage. After hitting rock bottom, she begins a journey back in both expected and unexpected ways. [..]

"Slightly Scarlett" is a noir crime drama about a crime boss' associate who gets a woman released from prison whose sister works for a reform political candidate. He figures this will throw a monkey wrench into the man's campaign, but the situation changes when he has a [..]

Producer-director-screenwriter Robert Rossen ("All the King's Men" 1949) put together a colossal dud with "Alexander the Great." This two hour-plus biopic of the Macedonian general and king (356-323 B. C.) dragged on and on with bad dialogue, uneven plot, sluggish storyline, mediocre performances, etc. In addition, [..]

"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 [..]