Movie Reviews

"Joyful Noise" is a musical comedy-drama about two women entangled in a feud over the leadership of a church choir after the passing of the choir leader. The two have different visions over what direction and type of music the choir should adopt. Director-screenwriter Todd Graff put together [..]

"The Dog Stars" is an apocalyptic action thriller about a mechanic who lives in an isolated area of Colorado with a cranky survivalist ex-Marine, after a pandemic kills off most of the world's population. This predictable story was directed by Ridley Scott ("Alien" 1979) and screenwriter [..]

The famous "Road" pictures starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby started in 1940 with "Road to Singapore." The story always features the pair getting into jams accompanied by co-star Dorothy Lamour. In this one, they depict two playboys who try to forget previous romances in [..]

The vastly entertaining "The Thief of Bagdad" still holds audience's attention today. This Arabian fantasy story filmed in Technicolor won Academy Awards for Special Effects, Art Direction, and Cinematography (George Perinal). It was the first movie to employ use of the bluescreen, where actors are filmed in front [..]

"Too Many Girls" is not one of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's best musical comedies. This picture is most noteworthy for being the first film in which Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz appeared in together eleven years before the debut of their legendary television show "I [..]

"My Favorite Wife" is a screwball comedy about a woman who returns home after seven years of being shipwrecked on a Pacific Island, only to find out that her husband has declared her legally dead and is newly married to another woman. The hilarity was well directed by [..]

Bette Davis stars as a woman accused of murder in the film noir classic "The Letter." Director William Wyler ("Ben Hur" 1959) did an excellent job assembling this melodrama with great production values, memorable performances, and good writing. The screenplay by Howard E. Koch [..]

"Go West" is a Western comedy film featuring the Marx Brothers headed to California during the Gold Rush to make their fortune panning for gold. Complications arise, leading to much comedy and hilarity. Director Edward Buzzell ("Honolulu" 1939) and screenwriter Irving Brecher did a good [..]

"Christmas in July" is a screwball comedy about an office worker who thinks he won $25,000 a national contest due to a fake telegram placed on his desk by co-workers. The zany comedy proceeds from there well directed and written by Preston Sturges, the all-time expert [..]

Errol Flynn does his usual swashbuckling routine in the action-adventure drama "The Sea Hawk." It has lavish production values from director Michael Curtiz ("The Adventures of Robin Hood" 1938) and a great screenplay by Howard Koch and Seton I. Miller. Flynn plays a captain of [..]