Filmmaker Steven Spielberg created an enduring movie adventure classic called "The Goonies." This story of a group of kids who discover a map leading to buried treasure while being chased by criminals was well executed by producer-director Richard Donner ("Superman" 1978) and screenwriter Chris Columbus. [..]

Sparks fly on screen and off in the silent picture melodrama "Flesh and the Devil." John Gilbert and Greta Garbo portray a couple in love, as they were in real life, in this classic movie from director Clarence Brown, with a well-written screenplay by Benjamin Glazer. [..]

"Prizzi's Honor" is a black comedy spoofing the many Mafia films to have been made in Hollywood over the years. Director John Huston ("Key Largo" 1948) gives us a fun look into the goings-on in a New York Mob crime family from a wonderful screenplay by Richard [..]

"Weird Science" is an entertaining movie about two male teenagers who create a beautiful woman from a computer program. Director-screenwriter John Hughes ("Home Alone" 1990) adapted the story from the 1950-1953 EC comics of the same name, with great success. Anthony Michael [..]

"Jagged Edge" is an exciting courtroom drama where Glenn Close plays an attorney defending Jeff Bridges' character, a man accused of murdering his wife. Complications arise when they become romantically involved. Economical and focused direction by Richard Marquand ("Star Wars: Return of [..]

A new version of the adventure classic "King Solomon's Mines" came out in 1985 on the one hundredth anniversary of the publication of Henry Rider Haggard's 1885 novel. This film, directed by J. Lee Thompson ("The Guns of Navarone" 1961), features Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone in [..]

"Spies Like Us" is a good vehicle for the wacky comedy of Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd. They star in this humorous story of two U. S. government intelligence flunkies sent on a mission to Pakistan to serve as decoys to take attention away from more experienced [..]

"The Holcroft Covenant" is a spy drama about the son of a Nazi German general involved with race with numerous parties to find a fortune in gold his father had reportedly hidden. This film suffers from a confusing storyline, a muddled plot, and actors going through the [..]

"The General" is a silent slapstick Western action comedy movie inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase of 1862, a Civil War incident where North and South military personnel were involved in a back-and-forth railroad skirmish. Buster Keaton stars as a train engineer, with his deadpan delivery perfect [..]

"Silverado" is a western story about a group of four cowboys who help the town folk of Silverado suffering under the oppression of a greedy rancher and a corrupt sheriff. Director Lawrence Kasdan ("The Big Chill" 1983) put together an entertaining western that has a great story, [..]