"Beau Geste" is an adventure movie where three brothers enlist in the French Foreign Legion and face all kinds of thrills, chills, and spills. Director William A. Wellman ("A Star is Born" 1937) put together an exciting action film with decent production values, fine performances, and [..]
Dark Victory (1939)
Bette Davis delivered a stunning performance as a partying socialite who finds out she has a terminal illness in "Dark Victory." Director Edmund Goulding ("A Night at the Opera" 1935) was a total professional at the helm of this picture, ensuring marvelous performances among a star-studded [..]
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
"Hollywood Cavalcade" is a drama film starring Alice Faye as an actress making her way in the early days of Hollywood, from silent movies to the advent of "talking pictures." Director Irving Cummings basically made this project a salute to silent film comedies. The [..]
Stagecoach (1939)
"Stagecoach" is a western drama about a group of strangers traveling on a stagecoach through dangerous Indian territory. Director John Ford ("The Informer" 1935) assembled a film which pioneered the idea of an "ark picture" where a diverse group of characters are thrown together to survive [..]
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" is a political drama about a idealistic young man appointed to a U. S. Senate seat and almost immediately taking on the corrupt political establishment. Director Frank Capra put together this outstanding drama with marvelous production values, great writing, and superior [..]
Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (1939)
Peter Lorre starred as "international policeman" Kenturo Moto in a series of eight B-films between 1937 and 1939. In number six, "Mr. Moto's Last Warning," our hero tries to stop a plot to cause a war between Britain and France over the Suez Canal. [..]
Jamaica Inn (1939)
Alfred Hitchcock's worst film of all time is undoubtedly "Jamaica Inn." It is the story of a gang of criminals who cause shipwrecks off of the Cornwall coast by putting out warning beacons and then killing the crew and raiding the ships. The entire [..]
Wuthering Heights (1939)
"Wuthering Heights" is the classic Gothic romantic drama centering on the tragic love between Heathcliff and Cathy. Director William Wyler ("Dodsworth" 1936) created a tasteful adaptation of the 1847 novel of the same name by Emily Bronte. The superb screenplay was written by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht. [..]
Mickey 17 (2025)
"Mickey 17" is a science fiction black comedy film set in the year 2054 about a disposable employee selected to colonize an ice planet. Due to the dangerous nature of the work, he continually dies and his clone takes over where the previous Mickey left off. [..]
Dodge City (1939)
"Dodge City" is a classic western drama where Errol Flynn plays a Texas cattle agent who takes over the job of sheriff in an extremely lawless town called Dodge City, Kansas. He must content with cattle barons and townsfolk alike who are used to doing as they please [..]