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Risen (2016)
"Risen" is a Biblical drama which follows a Roman military investigator who has been appointed by Pontius Pilate to look into reports that Jesus of Nazareth has risen from the dead. The heavy drama proceeds from there. Director Kevin Reynolds ("Waterworld" 1995) has put together this film with [..]
On the Town (1949)
"On the Town" is a musical film about three sailors on a whirlwind 24 hour shore leave in New York City. Directors Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen ("Singing in the Rain" 1952) put together a classic and memorable MGM musical with outstanding production values, good writing, [..]
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
"A Letter to Three Wives" is a drama film about three women who receive a letter from a mutual friend announcing that she has ran away with one of their husbands. Director-screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz ("All About Eve" 1950) has put together this engrossing melodrama, adapted [..]
The Third Man (1949)
"The Third Man" is a film noir drama telling the story of an American writer traveling to post-World War II Vienna to visit a friend who has offered him a job, only to find out that he has died. Director Carol Reed ("Odd Man Out" [..]
The Great Lover (1949)
Bob Hope's comedic talents are working on all cylinders in "The Great Lover." He plays a boy scout leader who takes his troop on an ocean cruise, falls in love with a beautiful duchess, and is stalked by a serial killer. Director Alexander Hall ("Here [..]
Thieves’ Highway (1949)
"Thieves' Highway" is an engrossing film noir about a truck driver out for revenge against the men who allegedly caused an accident in which his father lost his legs. Richard Conte delivered a passionate performance in the lead role. Perennial villain Lee J. Cobb also [..]
The Hasty Heart (1949)
"The Hasty Heart" is a war drama set in a mobile surgical unit in Burma at the end of World War II. A group of Allied soldiers and one nurse must deal with a disagreeable Scotsman who does not know he is dying from kidney problems. [..]
The Red Pony (1949)
"The Red Pony" is drama film telling a memorable tale of a boy and his pony. John Steinbeck wrote the film's screenplay, adapted from his own 1937 novel of the same name. Director Lewis Milestone ("The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" 1946) [..]
East Side, West Side (1949)
"East Side, West Side" is a drama film where Barbara Stanwyck plays a woman whose husband has had numerous affairs, with one of his ex-girl friends coming to town to cause trouble. Weak direction by Mervyn Leroy ("Gold Diggers of 1933" 1933) and a mediocre script [..]
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
John Wayne plays an aging U. S. Cavalry captain who is given one last assignment before his retirement in "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon." John Ford directed this picture, one of many with Wayne, and he probably knew that he just had to let The [..]