"Mr. Popper's Penguins" is a family comedy film about a successful Manhattan real estate developer who is on the upscale side of his career when he receives an unusual gift from his recently deceased father - a live penguin, soon joined by five others. His insistence on keeping [..]

"How to Train Your Dragon" is an animated fantasy movie about a teenage boy in a Viking town where fighting dragons is a way of life. He bucks the trend by befriending a young dragon who is injured, which incurs the wrath of his father and [..]

The 1954 version of "A Star Is Born" can best be described as a Judy Garland vehicle, as she played the leading role with her musical numbers taking up quite a large percentage of the film. Despite being plagued by personal problems at the time, not the least [..]

The Best Picture of 1954 is....."On the Waterfront." This crime drama film vividly depicts the rough-and-tumble existence of longshoremen in a mob-controlled union. Director Elia Kazan ("The Sea of Grass" 1947) put together this marvelous film with stunning performances by cast members. [..]

Strange atmospherics and excessive amounts of fog make up the background of the film noir "Escape in the Fog." It tells the story of a nurse who dreams of a murder, and soon after meets the victim in real life. She is unaware that he is involved in [..]

Betty Grable and June Haver star as identical twins in the musical biographical film "The Dolly Sisters." The story follows the two as young girls when they immigrate to America from Hungary in 1904 with their uncle. Immediately they start singing and dancing on the vaudeville stage and [..]

"Along Came Jones" is a western comedy film starring Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, Dan Duryea, and William Demarest. Cooper, who was the film's producer, spoofs his own cowboy movie roles here. Director Stuart Heisler put together what amounts to an entertaining B western, from an [..]

"They Were Expendable" is an exciting World War II melodrama starring John Wayne and directed by John Ford ("The Grapes of Wrath" 1940). This story of a squadron of PT boats stationed in Manila at the time of Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor benefited from [..]

Director Alfred Hitchcock explores the world of psychoanalysis in "Spellbound." The suspense-filled drama film tells the story of the new head of a mental hospital (Gregory Peck) who turns out not to be what he claims. Beautiful psychoanalyst Ingrid Bergman does some investigating to find [..]

"Harry & Snowman" is documentary film about Dutch immigrant Harry deLeyer and Snowman, his horse that he rescued from a truck headed for the glue factory. Originally a plow horse on an Amish farm in Pennsylvania, Snowman would go on to a professional career as a "show jumper" [..]