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Hope Springs (2012)
Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones play a couple whose thirty year marriage has gone stale, with Streep somehow persuading her hubby to attend a retreat under the guidance of a marriage counselor in "Hope Springs." Director David Frankel ("The Devil Wears Prada" [..]
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
Tom Hanks plays a hypochondriac who is convinced he dying and decides go out in style by throwing himself into a volcano. Director-screenwriter John Patrick Shanley put together quite a kooky romantic absurdist comedy which has a shacky premise but somehow works. [..]
The Thin Man (1934)
"The Thin Man" film series begins with William Powell and Myrna Loy as witty sleuths Nick and Nora Charles. They always manage to find themselves investigating a murder, even though Nick retired from a successful private investigator career before marrying wealthy Nora. Director [..]
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
"Come Back, Little Sheba" is a story of a middle-aged couple dealing with his alcoholism and her regrets about their marriage and life together. Tight direction by Daniel Mann in his big screen debut made this a engrossing film with a fast moving 99 minute running time. The [..]
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
"The Diary of Anne Frank" is the true story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family hiding in an attic from the Nazi German soldiers for two years in the Netherlands. Director George Stevens ("Giant" 1956) put together this engrossing drama from the screenplay by [..]
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
"Battle of the Bulge" is an epic war film about the final conflict of World War II in Europe. Director Ken Annakin ("Swiss Family Robinson" 1960) put together a highly fictionalized account of the battle in an attempt to make it acceptable for a motion picture [..]
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello star in the fifth and most popular of the Beach Party film series "Beach Blanket Bingo." It includes comedy bits, musical numbers, Funicello parachuting out of an airplane, a mermaid guest star, and more surprises from director William Asher [..]
What’s New Pussycat? (1965)
"What's New Pussycat?" is a screwball comedy about a man determined to be faithful to his fiancee, but is distracted by several attractive women coming in and out of his life. Director Clive Donner ("Nothing But the Best" 1964) and screenwriter Woody Allen (in his first major motion [..]
Bandolero! (1968)
James Stewart and Dean Martin play two brothers on the run from the law in "Bandolero!" They flee from Texas to Mexico with Raquel Welch, pursued by a crooked sheriff, sensitively portrayed by George Kennedy. Director Andrew V. McLaglen ("The Way West" 1967) does [..]
The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
Don Knotts is his usual nervous self in "The Shakiest Gun in the West." Director Alan Rifkin ("The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" 1966) expertly assembled this Western comedy which is essentially a Don Knotts vehicle. The screenplay was written by Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum, [..]