
Rebellious football player Johnny falls for cheerleader Tracy. They come from opposite backgrounds; she’s from a comfortable well off family, his is poor and broken. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Wife Wanted (1946) Phil Karlson, Kay Francis, Paul Cavanagh, Robert Shayne, Crime, Drama

Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond (Kay Francis) buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell (Paul Cavanagh). Read More »
The Blackboard Jungle (1955) Richard Brooks, Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Drama

War veteran Rick Dadier is one of three new teachers hired at North Manual High School, an inner city boys school. Read More »
Paint Your Wagon (1969) Joshua Logan, Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg, Comedy, Drama, Musical

A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Read More »
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon / Wo hu cang long (2000) Ang Lee, Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Action, Drama, Romance

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is a timeless story that takes place in QING China when miracles were credible and spirits and gods were present in man’s world. Read More »
Gwoemul / The Host (2006) Joon Ho Bong, Kang-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon, Hae-il Park, Action, Drama, Horror

The film revolves around Park Hee-bong, a man in his late 60s. He runs a small snack bar on the banks of the Han River and lives with his two sons, one daughter, and one granddaughter. Read More »
Payment on Demand (1951) Curtis Bernhardt, Bette Davis, Barry Sullivan, Jane Cowl, Drama

The Ramseys, David and Joyce (Barry Sullivan and Bette Davis), have been married for about 21 years and have two daughters (Betty Lynn and Peggie Castle). Read More »
Honeymoon for Three (1941) Lloyd Bacon, Ann Sheridan, George Brent, Charles Ruggles, Comedy

Noted writer Kenneth Bixby, in love with his witty secretary Anne Rogers, nevertheless agrees to a tete-a-tete with a former college fling Read More »
The Nitwits (1935) George Stevens, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Fred Keating, Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Johnnie is a would-be songwriter; Newton is a would-be inventor. Both work at a cigar stand in the lobby of an office building. Read More »
The Singing Detective (2003) Keith Gordon, Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright, Mel Gibson, Comedy, Crime, Musical, Mystery

While hospitalized with an extreme case of psoriasis, novelist Dan Dark (Robert Downey Jr.) reworks his first book in his head. Read More »