"Eden" is the true story of several European families who abandon modern society in the 1930's for an isolated life in the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador. The utopian dream rapidly devolves into a violent power struggle, vividly depicted by director Ron Howard ("Hillbilly Elegy" 2020). The [..]

Gregory Peck plays an Oxford professor who is recruited to help out in exposing a plot against a Middle Eastern politician in "Arabesque." He must unlock a hieroglyphic code with the help of Sophia Loren who seems willing to help him, but her ultimate allegiances are not clear. [..]

"Jetsons: The Movie" tells the story of George Jetson being promoted to a new job as manager of a mining colony on a distant asteroid. The comedy proceeds from there well directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, who were the directors and producers of [..]

"Pop Goes the Easel" is a comedy short film featuring the Three Stooges fleeing a policeman into an artist studio where they are mistaken for students. The trio successfully evade the police but cause havoc in the studio. Director Del Lord puts together [..]

"48 Hours" is crime drama-comedy where a San Francisco policeman obtains a 48 hour release from prison for a convict who he thinks can help him catch a pair of cop-killers. Director Walter Hill ("Southern Comfort" 1981) put together an entertaining film with good acting and good writing; [..]

"Scooby-Doo" is a live-action comedy thriller about a group of young adult sleuths and their Great Dane, who solves crime cases. Director Raja Gosnell ("Home Alone 3" 1997) and screenwriter James Gunn put forth a respectable film version of the television show of the same name that first [..]

"The Rundown" is an action comedy picture about a debt collector/bounty hunter whose boss sends him to the Amazon region of Brazil to search for his missing son. He discovers the area is controlled by a tyrannical treasure hunter, with the comedy, drama, and action proceeding [..]

"Time After Time" is a story in which H. G. Wells uses his time machine to pursue Jack the Ripper into the year 1979. Director-screenwriter Nicholas Meyer put together a fun and exciting film with tight direction and writing. The story by Steve Hayes [..]

"The Friends of Eddie Coyle" is the story of a small-time criminal active in the Irish Mafia of Boston. Director Peter Yates ("John and Mary" 1969) put together a slow-moving gangster film from a mediocre screenplay by Paul Monash, adapted from the 1970 novel of the same name [..]

John Wayne plays a federal agent who receives an assignment to infiltrate an Arizona medicine show, due to his boss' suspicion that they are a cover for a counterfeiting operation in "Paradise Canyon." Director Carl L. Pierson put together this entertaining B-movie from an acceptable screenplay [..]