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His Private Secretary (1933)
John Wayne plays the playboy son of a rich businessman who wants him to settle down, and he surprises everyone by marrying the town minister's granddaughter in "His Private Secretary." Director Phil Whitman put together an entertaining Pre-Code B-film comedy with a decent screenplay by Lewis D. Collins [..]
The Women (1939)
"The Women" is a drama film about the lives and friendships of a group of Manhattan women and the scores of women who work for them. Director George Cukor ("Little Women" 1933) put together an entertaining film in which not a single male character is seen or heard. [..]
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
Joanne Woodward stars as a woman with multiple personality disorder in the drama film "The Three Faces of Eve." Director-screenwriter Nunnally Johnson ("The Keys of the Kingdom" 1944) created a lean and taut film which explains a difficult psychological problem in simple layman's language. [..]
Grand Isle (2019)
"Grand Isle" is a crime drama about a married couple in Grand Isle, Louisiana, who hire a young man to perform repairs around the house. The handyman gets more than he bargained for when dead bodies start turning up. This lackluster drama suffers [..]
Smash His Camera (2010)
"Smash His Camera" is a documentary film which looks at the life and career of paparazzi Ron Galella. Director Leon Gast ("When We Were Kings" 1996) put together this wildly entertaining movie which is basically a 90-minute interview with Galella, who discusses his notoriously bold moves to photograph [..]
Jingle All the Way (1996)
"Jingle All the Way" is a family comedy movie about two fathers on Christmas Eve desperately trying to purchase a popular action figure toy called Turbo Man for their sons before the stores close. Director Brian Levant ("The Flintstones" 1994) made this entertaining, albeit formulaic, holiday film from [..]
Baby Face (1933)
"Baby Face" is a romantic comedy-drama film about a young woman who uses sex to promote her social and financial status. Director Alfred E. Green ("Silver Dollar" 1932) put together a film which had open discussion about sexual activities, making it one of the most notorious of the [..]
The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
"The Brother from Another Planet" is a science fiction comedy-drama film about a mute black alien who escapes slavery on another planet and lands in Harlem. He is pursued by two white agents from home, as he tries to assimilate into Manhattan's diverse population. The drama and some [..]
The Snake Pit (1948)
Olivia de Havilland plays a woman who wakes up in a mental hospital with no memory of how she got there in "The Snake Pit." Director Anatole Litvak ("Confessions of a Nazi Spy" 1939) put together a revealing and engrossing motion picture from a screenplay by Frank [..]
The Last Blockbuster (2020)
"The Last Blockbuster" is a nostalgic documentary chronicling the rise, fall, and cultural impact of the Blockbuster Video chain of stores. It focuses on the last remaining franchise in Bend, Oregon, which is still open as of February, 2026. Director Taylor Morden and screenwriter-producer Zeke [..]