Movie Reviews

"The Perfect Stranger" is a faith-based film telling the story of a skeptical woman attorney who receives a mysterious dinner invitation from a man claiming to be Jesus Christ. Throughout the long dinner conversation, she begins to move from disbelief to questioning her life, vocation, and [..]

"State Fair" tells the story of teen siblings who find fun at the Texas state fair, with their parents in tow. First time director Jose Ferrer did a mediocre job at the helm of this project, especially miscasting a number of roles, with the exception of stars Pat [..]

A family of five become shipwrecked on a deserted island in the South Pacific in "Swiss Family Robinson." Director Ken Annakin and producer Walt Disney created a delightful family adventure film with outstanding production values. It was adapted from the 1812 novel of the [..]

Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones deliver classic performances as a romantically-involved American soldier and nurse during World War I in war-torn Italy in "A Farewell to Arms." Director Charles Vidor ("Gilda" 1946) and screenwriter Ben Hecht put together an outstanding film with great production values, good [..]

"Bad Day at Black Rock" is a neo-western drama movie set in 1945 telling the story of a man who visits a desert town and is received in a less than friendly manner by the locals. His investigation into the whereabouts of a man named Komoko [..]

Frank Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds head up the cast of the romantic comedy "The Tender Trap." Charles Walters ("Easter Parade" 1948) expertly directed this breezy comedy into a big hit at the box office for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The script was written by Julius J. Epstein, [..]

"Sunset Boulevard" is a classic Hollywood melodrama about a struggling screenwriter who becomes involved with an aging silent movie star who refuses to acknowledge her "has-been" status. The heavy drama proceeds from there, as he is drawn further and further into her dark world of [..]

The Best Picture of 2014 is....."Birdman." This is a black comedy about a faded actor, best known for playing a superhero named Birdman, attempting to make a comeback by starring in a Broadway play. Director-screenwriter Alejandro G. Inarritu ("Babel" 2006) put together a poorly [..]

The wonderful world of Disney in the early 1960's is recreated in "Saving Mr. Banks." This Walt Disney-BBC co-production tells the story of Walt's attempts over twenty years to obtain the screen rights to the children's book series "Mary Poppins" from author P. L. Travers. There are [..]

"I'm Still Here" is a Portuguese-language biopic drama about Eunice Paiva, a Brazilian woman who must care for her five children despite the disappearance of her husband, a former Congressman apparently abducted by the military dictatorship. Brazilian director Walter Salles put together a masterpiece biography with excellent production [..]