The Best Picture of 1959 is....."Ben Hur." This religious epic film tells the story of Judah Ben-Hur, a wealthy Jewish prince and merchant who is condemned to slavery when he defies a powerful Roman military leader, who also happens to be a childhood friend. Director William [..]

"Joker: Folie a Deux" is a musical psychological thriller film continuing the story of villain Arthur Fleck which began in 2019's "Joker." Director Todd Phillips ("A Star Is Born" 2018) at least deserves credit for continuing the nihilistic theme of his original "Joker." Co-writing the screwy screenplay with [..]

Bob Hope and Bing Crosby started their famous "Road" pictures in 1940 with "Road to Singapore." The pair play sailors being forced into undesirable marriages, and escape to Singapore by way of Hawaii. They run into Dorothy Lamour, and both fall in love with her, with hilarity and [..]

Pat O'Brien's post as top billing in "Knute Rockne, All American" was eclipsed by newcomer Ronald Reagan in a secondary role as George Gipp, one of Coach Rockne's young football players who came down with a terminal illness. "Tell them to go out there with all they've [..]

Bob Hope is at his wise-cracking best in the 1940 comedy-horror film "The Ghost Breakers." It is the story of a Manhattan working girl who inherits a mansion in Cuba that is supposedly haunted. Director George Marshall ("The Goldwyn Follies" 1938) and screenwriter Walter DeLeon assembled [..]

The vastly entertaining "The Thief of Bagdad" from 1940 still holds audience's attention today. This Arabian fantasy story filmed in Technicolor won Oscars for special effects, art direction, and cinematography. It was the first movie to employ the use of bluescreening, thanks to the ingenuity of producer Alexander [..]

"Too Many Girls" is not the best of Rodgers & Hart's musical comedies, but is most well known for the first film pairing of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, years before their hit television show "I Love Lucy." The story has Ball playing a young woman going to [..]

"My Favorite Wife" is a screwball comedy about a woman who returns home after seven years of being shipwrecked on a remote Pacific island, only to find that her husband has declared her legally dead and remarried to another woman. Cary Grant and Irene Dunne have excellent comedy [..]

Bette Davis stars as a woman accused of murder in "The Letter." Director William Wyler ("Wuthering Heights" 1939) does an excellent job at the helm of this melodrama, keeping the film consistently engrossing for the 95 minute running time. The screenplay was written by Howard [..]

"Go West" is a western comedy film featuring the burlesque-style humor of the Marx Brothers. The story has Groucho, Harpo, and Chico Marx headed to the American west hoping to make their fortune panning for gold. Complications arise, leading to some comedy and hilarity. [..]