Ellen and her husband John enjoy the good life in their lovely Costa Rica home-all that’s missing is a nice garden. Read More »
Tag Archives: USA
The Devil’s Hand (1961) William J. Hole Jr., Linda Christian, Robert Alda, Ariadna Welter, Horror
Rick Turner is engaged of Donna Trent and is having nightmares with a beautiful blonde woman dancing in the sky. Read More »
The Careless Years (1957) Arthur Hiller, Dean Stockwell, Natalie Trundy, John Larch, Drama, Romance
Two high-school seniors teenagers, from different social standings, have a date and when the girl resists the boy’s romantic advances Read More »
Rollin’ Home to Texas (1940) Albert Herman, Tex Ritter, White Flash, Cal Shrum, Action, Adventure, Music, Western
This one starts differently but, in the end, it is another version of Robert Emmett Tansey’s oft-used plot of “employing bad guys as good guys to help the good-good guys capture the bad-bad guys.” Read More »
The Unsuspected (1947) Michael Curtiz, Claude Rains, Joan Caulfield, Audrey Totter, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
A girl has been murdered. A woman cannot remember a man who claims to be her husband. Read More »
The Secret Invasion (1964) Roger Corman, Stewart Granger, Raf Vallone, Mickey Rooney, Action, Drama, History
The Nazis imprison an Italian general who was planning to switch sides and turn over his army to the Allied side. Read More »
Roxie Hart (1942) William A. Wellman, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Comedy, Crime, Romance
To try and kick-start her show-business career, our heroine admits to a Chicago murder. But although Cook County don’t seem to let dames swing Read More »
The Handmaid’s Tale (1990) Volker Schlöndorff, Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Set in a Fascistic future America, The Handmaid’s Tale tells the story of Kate, a handmaid. In this America, the religious right has taken over and gone hog-wild. Read More »
I Want to Live! (1958) Robert Wise, Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, Biography, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Barbara Graham is a woman with dubious moral standards, often a guest in seedy bars. She has been sentenced for some petty crimes. Read More »
36 Hours (1965) George Seaton, James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Taylor, War, Thriller
WWII films of the ’60s were often half caper-movie, with ornate and muscular missions behind enemy lines dreamed up by the likes of Alistair MacLean. Read More »
Hatari! (1962) Howard Hawks, John Wayne, Elsa Martinelli, Hardy Krüger, Action, Adventure, Drama
John Wayne and his ensemble cast cavort over the African landscape filling orders from zoos for wild animals. Read More »
The Big Gusher (1951) Lew Landers, Wayne Morris, Preston Foster, Dorothy Patrick, Adventure, Action
Oil-field roughnecks Kenny Blake and Hank Mason, on a drinking spree with Betsy Abbott, buy a piece of worthless oil land from conman Jim Tolman. Read More »
The Baroness and the Butler (1938) Walter Lang, William Powell, Annabella, Helen Westley, Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Butler (Powell) gets elected to the Hungarian parliament where he opposes his master’s government.
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Stand By All Networks (1942) Lew Landers, Florence Rice, John Beal, Margaret Hayes, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In 1941, before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Ben Fallon (John Beal), radio reporter and commentator Read More »
The Avenger (1931) Roy William Neill, Buck Jones, Dorothy Revier, Otto Hoffman, Romance, War, Western
In 1849, Joaquin Murietta, son of a wealthy Spanish grandee, has a bitter street quarrel with three rough prospectors. Read More »