"The Bounty Hunter" is an action-comedy picture telling the story of a bounty hunter who has been hired to bring his wife to justice after she has skipped bail. This formula script has nothing new but is adequate entertainment based on the comedic abilities of stars Jennifer [..]
Please Stand By (2017)
"Please Stand By" is an interesting story of an young, intelligent autistic woman living in a "group home" in San Francisco where she is continually monitored by the group leader. She is an avid "Star Trek" fan, and is writing a 450-page "Trek" script for Paramount Pictures' [..]
College Swing (1938)
"College Swing" is a hilarious comedy film featuring scores of familiar faces like Gracie Allen, who plays a young woman who fails to graduate from a college founded by her grandfather for a ninth year in a row. Her grandfather then puts a codicil in his will [..]
Ball of Fire (1941)
Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck headline one of the most enduring of the 1930's and 1940's screwball comedies called "Ball of Fire." It tells the story of a group of mostly sheltered and secluded bachelor professors writing an encyclopedia, headed by Cooper, who try to learn the [..]
The Ipcress File (1965)
"The Ipcress File" is a classic British spy thriller featuring Michael Caine as secret agent Harry Palmer, something of an opposite of James Bond with his low-key personality and the film's unglamorous depiction of espionage work. The story centers on Palmer sent to investigate the disappearance [..]
Funeral in Berlin (1966)
Excitement reigns supreme in the second stint by Michael Caine as British secret agent Harry Palmer in "Funeral in Berlin." Palmer is sent by his boss Colonel Ross to Berlin to arrange for the defection of a Soviet intelligence officer. Director Guy Hamilton ("Goldfinger" 1964) directed [..]
Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
Michael Caine plays the British secret agent Harry Palmer for the third time in as many years in "Billion Dollar Brain." Director Ken Russell ("Women in Love" 1969) keeps a tight ship in this story of a retired Palmer being drawn back into the espionage business with [..]
Topaz (1969)
"Topaz" is an Alfred Hitchcock film about a French intelligence officer who becomes involved in Cold War politics as a Soviet ring of spies in France is discovered just before the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. The movie contains much of the famous Hitchcock suspense, but with [..]
10 (1979)
Dudley Moore and Bo Derek were launched into the entertainment industry stratosphere with their starring roles in the hilarious comedy "10." This look into a man's midlife crisis and subsequent obsession with an attractive young woman was superbly produced, written, and directed by Blake Edwards ("Days of [..]
Father Stu (2022)
"Father Stu" is the interesting true story of a boxer who becomes a Catholic priest, and eventually is stricken with a muscle disorder that hinders his ability to perform the duties of his ministry. The film was well put together by Rosalind Ross in her first motion [..]