The wheelchair-bound matriarch of an English family uses her handicap to cynically manipulate all those around her. Read More »
Tag Archives: USA
Panic on the Air (1936) D. Ross Lederman, Lew Ayres, Florence Rice, Benny Baker, Drama
While trying to figure out why a ball player failed to play in a recent game, a radio newscaster stumbles upon a curious story Read More »
Lady Libertine (1984) Gérard Kikoïne, Christopher Pearson, Jennifer Inch, Sophie Favier, Drama, Romance, Erotic
Charlie, a young aristocrat in turn of the century England, meets a boy named Frank on the road to Portsmouth. Read More »
Men in White (1934) Richard Boleslawski, Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt, Drama, Romance
A dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Read More »
Quantez (1957) Harry Keller, Fred MacMurray, Dorothy Malone, James Barton, Western
After a bank robbery, Heller and his small gang are on the run from the posse. The gang intends to cross the border into Mexico but their horses are tired. Read More »
All That Heaven Allows (1955) Douglas Sirk, Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Drama, Romance
Cary Scott is a widow with two grown children. She’s been leading a quiet life since her husband died, socializing with a small circle of friends. Read More »
Blowup (1966) Michelangelo Antonioni, David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. Read More »
Never Wave at a WAC (1953) Norman Z. McLeod, Rosalind Russell, Paul Douglas, Marie Wilson, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. Read More »
Pretty Poison (1968) Noel Black, Anthony Perkins, Tuesday Weld, Beverly Garland, Comedy, Crime, Romance
A formerly institutionalized young man (Anthony Perkins) meets up with a cute, sexy high school cheerleader (Tuesday Weld) and pretends to be a CIA agent Read More »
King of the Mounties (1942) William Witney, Allan Lane, Gilbert Emery, Russell Hicks, Action, Adventure
The chapter-crunched version of this 196 minutes, 12-episode serial from Republic finds Canada being bombed mercilessly by a mysterious-enemy plane (shaped like a boomerang) called the Falcon Read More »
Chilly Scenes of Winter / Head Over Heels (1979) Joan Micklin Silver, John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Charles is a Salt Lake City civil servant who loves (*LOVES*) Laura, a lovely housewife with a lovely step-daughter and an A-frame-selling, ex-quarterback husband named Ox. Read More »
Angels in the Outfield (1951) Clarence Brown, Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
A young woman reporter blames the Pittsburgh Pirates’ losing streak on the obscenely abusive manager. Read More »
Angels Die Hard (1970) Richard Compton, Tom Baker, William Smith, Carl Steppling, Action, Drama
Gang of bikers try to save people in a mining disaster. Read More »
The Great Garrick (1937) James Whale, Brian Aherne, Olivia de Havilland, Edward Everett Horton, Comedy, Romance
The Great Garrick (Brian Aherne) is the most celebrated London theater actor of his day (eighteenth century) and is invited to Paris to star at the Comedie Francaise, the most important theatre in France. Read More »
The Divorcee (1930) Robert Z. Leonard, Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Chester Morris, Romance, Drama
Jerry and Ted are young, in love, and part of the New York ‘in-crowd’. Jerry’s decision to marry Ted crushes a yearning Paul. Read More »