"Mister Roberts" is the story of a supply officer aboard a cargo ship in World War II who yearns for a transfer to a battle zone but is thwarted by the mean-spirited captain. Mister Roberts acts as a buffer between him and the crew. This classic [..]
Gun Crazy (1950)
When a gun fanatic (John Dall) and a carnival show sharp shooter (Peggy Cummins) get together, they soon become an expert pair of bank robbers in "Gun Crazy." B-movie director Joseph H. Lewis and screenwriters Dalton Trumbo and MacKinlay Kantor created a fast-moving crime film noir that [..]
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
The third pairing of Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder was in the comedy-thriller "See No Evil, Hear No Evil." It tells the story of a blind man (Pryor) and a deaf man (Wilder) teaming up to foil the activities of a group of murderous thieves. Director [..]
Arms and the Man (1989)
A classic George Bernard Shaw play received first class treatment on the British Broadcasting System. "Arms and the Man," a satire on the romanticizing of love and war and the human condition, was expertly directed by James Cellan Jones in this made-for-television movie. Producer Shawn Sutton [..]
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
The Best Picture of 1989 is....."Driving Miss Daisy." It is the story of a friendship between an elderly Jewish widow in Atlanta and her African-American driver, superbly directed by Bruce Beresford ("Crimes of the Heart" 1986), from a screenplay by Alfred Uhry, adapted from his own 1987 [..]
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
"Blackboard Jungle" is a drama about a man who takes a job as an English teacher in an interracial and inner-city school, and experiences difficulties with erratic behavior by some of the students. He is urged by his wife and others to seek other employment, but he [..]
Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" is a British drama film about a thirty-something English widow who moves to a small town in Tuscany to escape her domineering in-laws. She falls in love with a 20-year-old Italian man, and when they find out, they send family and friends [..]
Gods of Egypt (2016)
"Gods of Egypt" is a fantasy action-adventure film based on ancient Egyptian deities, with the story centering on conflicts and battles between two "divine" brothers and their friends and relatives. Australian producer-director Alex Proyas ("I, Robot" 2004) filled this movie with a large amount of action [..]
Bob Marley: One Love (2024)
"Bob Marley: One Love" is a biopic whose subject matter is the life of Bob Marley, the most prominent pioneer of reggae music in the 1960's and 1970's. Director Reinaldo Marcus Green ("Joe Bell" 2020) does a good job of putting together this biography, with a believable [..]
The War of the Roses (1989)
"The War of the Roses" is a black comedy movie about a wealthy couple whose marriage disintegrates into a tit-for-tat battle over the mansion they both occupy. The story in fact goes to extremes but expert direction by Danny De Vito keeps the storyline on track and [..]