Movie Reviews

"Broadway Melody of 1940" is a musical drama about two struggling dance partners who face a rift when a case of mistaken identity lands the least talented of the pair in a big Broadway play. Director Norman Taurog ("Boys Town" 1938) does a fantastic job at the [..]

"His Girl Friday" is a screwball comedy about a newspaper editor who is about to loose his ace reporter, who also happens to be his ex-wife. He uses every trick in the book to keep her from quitting, and also to prevent her upcoming remarriage. [..]

"Torrid Zone" is an action-comedy film about an American owner of a Central American banana plantation who is having trouble with a revolutionary spreading unrest among his workers. The only man who can handle the situation has quit, and he has also ordered [..]

"Santa Fe Trail" tells the tale of abolitionist John Brown and U. S. Army officers Jeb Stuart and George Armstrong Custer commissioned to hunt him down and stop his unauthorized raids. Director Michael Curtiz ("Noah's Ark" 1928) put together an exciting western movie which is highly [..]

The Best Picture of 1940 is....."Rebecca." This is the story of a young bride who marries a much older man and begins to realize there are many secrets when she moves to his estate on the Cornwall coast of England. Director [..]

"Knives Out" is a murder mystery film where a private detective investigates the murder of an 85-year-old man at his own family reunion. Director-screenwriter Rian Johnson ("Star Wars: The Last Jedi" 2017) has give us a vastly entertaining murder mystery with a comedic element added to it. [..]

"Men in Black: International" follows the story of Agent M and Agent H as they travel the globe to stop an alien weapon which threatens mankind and at the same time uncover a mole who has infiltrated the MIB organization. Director F. Gary Gray ("The Italian Job" [..]

"The Reliant" is the story of a teenage girl who must care for her younger siblings when an economic collapse causes social unrest and widespread anarchy. Her faith is challenged when she wonders how a good God would let this happen. Director Paul Munger ("Unbridled" 2017) and screenwriter [..]

"Yesterday" is a fantasy comedy film about a struggling musician who enters an alternate reality where he is the only person to remember the Beatles, and becomes famous performing their songs. Director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Richard Curtis put together a hokey film with an implausible [..]

"Motherless Brooklyn" is film noir crime drama directed and written by Edward Norton, who also starred in the show as a private detective in 1957 New York City investigating the death of a close friend. Norton did well with high production values, good performances, and excellent writing [..]