"The Comedians" is a political drama about a British hotel owner and his circle of friends and acquaintances in Haiti during the deteriorating reign of dictator Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, who came into office in 1958. Director Peter Glenville ("Becket" 1964) was guilty of sloppy direction, as the [..]

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor take on the Bard with good results. The highly entertaining 1590 play "The Taming of the Shrew" by Bill Shakespeare tells the familiar story of how Baptista Minola attempts to marry off his two daughters, but cannot find anyone for the [..]

Neil Simon keeps the mood light and breezy, per usual, in the romantic comedy "Barefoot in the Park." This big screen version of his 1963 play tells the story of newlyweds Paul and Corie Bratler, opposite personalities trying to survive marriage in close quarters in a small [..]

"How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" is a musical comedy-drama about a young man who attempts to rise from the mail room to head of a corporation following advise he reads in a self-help book. Director-screenwriter David Swift ("Pollyanna" 1960) did a meticulous job of recreating [..]

The Best Picture of 1967 is....."In the Heat of the Night," a crime drama about an black Philadelphia homicide detective who is visiting his mother in a small town in Mississippi. While waiting at the train station, he is arrested for the murder of one of the town's [..]

"Change of Habit" is a musical drama film where Elvis Presley plays a doctor who takes a job of running a health care center in New York City. He enlists three women to help out who, unknown to him, are actually nuns dressed in street clothes. He falls [..]

"First Men in the Moon" is the story of a moon landing in 1964 by United Nations astronauts. Upon arrival, they discover evidence that humans had been there before, with paperwork claiming the moon for Queen Victoria 65 years earlier. The heavy scifi drama proceeds from [..]

"Live a Little, Love a Little" is a typical Elvis Presley vehicle where he, of course, sings, and plays a photographer working two jobs to make ends meet. He becomes involved with an unstable young woman who causes trouble for Elvis, adding to his already problem-filled life, and [..]

Producer-director Otto Preminger ("Exodus" 1960) put together a different kind of comedy in 1968 called "Skidoo." The story is about a couple who are involved with an organized crime figure and whose daughter joins a commune of hippies. This very weird comedy, which could also be called a [..]

"Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows" is a respectable sequel to 1966's "The Trouble with Angels." Rosalind Russell reprised her role as a conservative Mother Superior, this time challenged by young upstart liberal Sister George, played by Stella Stevens. Screenwriter Blanche Halalis seemed to give the funniest [..]