The Best Picture of 1967 is....."In the Heat of the Night," a crime drama about an black Philadelphia homicide detective who is visiting his mother in a small town in Mississippi. While waiting at the train station, he is arrested for the murder of one of the town's [..]

"Change of Habit" is a musical drama film where Elvis Presley plays a doctor who takes a job of running a health care center in New York City. He enlists three women to help out who, unknown to him, are actually nuns dressed in street clothes. He falls [..]

"First Men in the Moon" is the story of a moon landing in 1964 by United Nations astronauts. Upon arrival, they discover evidence that humans had been there before, with paperwork claiming the moon for Queen Victoria 65 years earlier. The heavy scifi drama proceeds from [..]

"Live a Little, Love a Little" is a typical Elvis Presley vehicle where he, of course, sings, and plays a photographer working two jobs to make ends meet. He becomes involved with an unstable young woman who causes trouble for Elvis, adding to his already problem-filled life, and [..]

Producer-director Otto Preminger ("Exodus" 1960) put together a different kind of comedy in 1968 called "Skidoo." The story is about a couple who are involved with an organized crime figure and whose daughter joins a commune of hippies. This very weird comedy, which could also be called a [..]

"Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows" is a respectable sequel to 1966's "The Trouble with Angels." Rosalind Russell reprised her role as a conservative Mother Superior, this time challenged by young upstart liberal Sister George, played by Stella Stevens. Screenwriter Blanche Halalis seemed to give the funniest [..]

"Madigan" is a crime drama starring Richard Widmark as a NYPD detective who, along with his partner, loose their firearms to a thug while being distracted by his nude girlfriend in his apartment. They are in big trouble with the police commissioner. Director Don Siegel ("The [..]

"Charly" is a drama film where Cliff Robertson plays a mentally disabled adult who undergoes experimental surgery to improve his condition. Robertson's performance is exemplary and he received the Academy Award for Best Actor. Producer-director Ralph Nelson ("Father Goose" 1964) did an excellent job at [..]

"Speedway" is an Elvis Presley musical film vehicle that is long on celebrity and short on quality. Director Norman Taurog ("Boys Town" 1938) did not take full advantage of two musical giants starring in the film (Presley and Nancy Sinatra), giving them better songs to perform. Instead, his [..]

A fictional story involving real people is the essence of "A Lion in Winter." The drama revolves around King Henry II of England and a Christmas time visit in 1183 with his imprisoned wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Peter O'Toole and Katherine Hepburn are marvelous in these [..]