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Flipper (1996)
"Flipper" is an innocuous family film about a boy who forms a friendship with a dolphin whom he names Flipper, while on vacation in Florida. Director-screenwriter Alan Shapiro kept the film on an even keel, with what may be a formula storyline that is predictable but entertaining in [..]
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
"Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is a story of game show host and producer Chuck Barris and his claim to have been a spy and assassin for the CIA in addition to his show business career. It has been denied by the CIA and not confirmed or [..]
The Bounty Hunter (2010)
"The Bounty Hunter" is an action-comedy picture telling the story of a bounty hunter who has been hired to bring his wife to justice after she has skipped bail. This formula script has nothing new but is adequate entertainment based on the comedic abilities of stars Jennifer [..]
Please Stand By (2017)
"Please Stand By" is an interesting story of an young, intelligent autistic woman living in a "group home" in San Francisco where she is continually monitored by the group leader. She is an avid "Star Trek" fan, and is writing a 450-page "Trek" script for Paramount Pictures' [..]
College Swing (1938)
"College Swing" is a hilarious comedy film featuring scores of familiar faces like Gracie Allen, playing a young woman who fails to graduate from a college founded by her grandfather after attending for nine years in a row. Her grandfather then puts a codicil in his will [..]
Ball of Fire (1941)
Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck headline one of the most enduring of the screwball comedies of the 1930's and 1940's called "Ball of Fire." It tells the story of a group of mostly sheltered and secluded bachelor professors writing an encyclopedia, headed by Cooper, who try to learn [..]
The Ipcress File (1965)
"The Ipcress File" is a classic British spy thriller featuring Michael Caine as secret agent Harry Palmer, something of the opposite of James Bond with his low-key personality and the film's unglamorous depiction of espionage work. The story centers on Palmer sent to investigate the disappearance of an [..]
Funeral in Berlin (1966)
Excitement reigns supreme in the second stint by Michael Caine as British secret agent Harry Palmer in "Funeral in Berlin." Palmer is sent by his boss Colonel Ross to Berlin to arrange for the defection of a Soviet intelligence officer. Director Guy Hamilton ("Goldfinger" 1964) directed [..]
Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
Michael Caine plays the British secret agent Harry Palmer for the third time in as many years in "Billion Dollar Brain." Director Ken Russell ("Women in Love" 1969) keeps a tight ship in this story of a retired Palmer being drawn back into the espionage business with [..]
Topaz (1969)
"Topaz" is an Alfred Hitchcock film about a French intelligence officer who becomes involved in Cold War politics as a Soviet ring of spies in France is discovered just before the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. The movie contains much of the famous Hitchcock suspense, but with [..]