Movie Reviews

"Mary Poppins Returns" continues the story of the popular nanny returning to visit Michael and Jane Banks, the children she raised who are now adults, dealing with problems of their own. Director Rob Marshall ("Chicago" 2002) and screenwriter David Magee have turned out a high quality [..]

The story of two children and their nanny, a talented new star named Julie Andrews, and thirty years of Walt Disney's show business experience paid off big time in the massive box office hit "Mary Poppins." The musical-comedy fantasy film combined every area Disney had [..]

"White Heat" is a film noir crime drama where James Cagney plays a ruthless psychotic criminal gang leader who gets into all sorts of trouble. Director Raoul Walsh ("Cheyenne" 1947) put together what is generally recognized as one the best gangster films of all time with [..]

"The Three Musketeers" is the story of Charles D'Artagnan, a rural Frenchman who travels to Paris for fun and adventure. He finds enormous amounts of both in this classic version of the 1844 novel of the same name by Alexander Dumas. Director George Sidney [..]

"The Cat in the Hat" is a live-action comedy film about the famous Cat who invades the lives of two siblings and wreaks havoc on their household, where their mother is scheduled to have a work-related meeting later in the day. Director Bo Welch put together what is [..]

A family from a small town attends the Iowa state fair with the father entering his boar in competition and his son and daughter getting involved in various activities, including romance, in the musical "State Fair." Director Walter Lang (Greenwich Village" 1944) put together the definitive version of [..]

The second film pairing of Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn came in a highly dramatic film with political overtones in "Keeper of the Flame." It is the story of a widow of a national leader whose sudden death prompts a reporter to investigate his life [..]

"Sundown" is a World War II story set in Kenya where a remote British outpost is in danger of being attacked by Nazi German forces. Director Henry Hathaway ("Johnny Apollo" 1940) put together an exciting film with good performances, wonderful production values, and a well written [..]

Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy play two Texas wildcat oilmen through the ups and downs of the oil business, and in their personal lives as well, in "Boom Town." Director Jack Conway ("Lady of the Tropics" 1939) does an outstanding job of putting together an [..]

"As You Like It" is a romantic comedy telling of the unconventional courtship of two young people banished to an English forest. The play was written by Bill Shakespeare in 1623 and this film version starring Laurence Olivier as Orlando and Elisabeth Bergner as Rosalind was [..]