"The Quiet Man" is a comedy drama movie about an Irishman returning to Ireland and attempting to buy his old family farm, running into all kinds of conflict and problems. Director John Ford seemed intent on creating a melodrama on Irish lifestyles and attitudes, with the [..]

"Hangman's Knot" is a western movie telling the story of a group of Confederate soldiers who rob some gold from a shipment guarded by Union troops, only to later discover that the Civil War had ended a month earlier. Director-screenwriter Roy Huggins put together this lucid [..]

"Belles on Their Toes" is a family comedy film continuing the story of the Gilbreth family of "Cheaper by the Dozen" (1950). The sequel shows the struggles of Mrs. Gilbreth to provide for her twelve children after the passing of her husband. Director [..]

"The Bushwhackers" is a western film about a war-weary Civil War veteran who heads west to live a peaceful life. However, complications arise as he becomes embroiled in a local conflict while passing through a Missouri town. Director Rod Amateau expertly put together a well-paced [..]

The Best Picture of 1952 is....."The Greatest Show on Earth." This massive production from director Cecil B. DeMille ("Samson and Delilah" 1949) tells the story of life behind the scenes at Ringling Bros.-Barnum and Bailey Circus. The film includes comedy, drama, romance, high-rise thrills, [..]

"A Hologram for the King" is a drama-comedy film about a washed-up corporate salesman who travels to Saudi Arabia to propose a business deal with the royal family there. He gets help from a beautiful doctor and a wise-cracking taxi driver. Director-screenwriter Tom Tykwer [..]

"Sleeping Dogs" is a crime drama about a former homicide detective trying to solve a murder from ten years ago, even as he is suffering from memory loss. As he pieces together long-buried evidence, shocking details begin to emerge. This well-constructed and engrossing thriller [..]

"That Hagen Girl" stars Ronald Reagan and Shirley Temple in a drama film in which small town gossips where they live speculate that young Temple is the out-of-wedlock child of the much older Reagan. There is excessive melodrama in this poorly constructed B-film from director Peter Godfrey ("Christmas [..]

"The Sea of Grass" is a western film starring Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn as a newly married couple who move to his massive million-acre ranch in New Mexico, where she discovers her husband's reputation as a tyrant. The western melodrama proceeds from there, very expertly directed by [..]

"Road to Rio" is one of the more high quality films in the "Road" movie series starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour. The story has Crosby and Hope stowing away on a cruise ship headed for Rio de Janeiro after they got into trouble in [..]