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John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
Retired hitman John Wick is forced back into the criminal underworld to fulfill a blood oath for a mob boss in "John Wick: Chapter 2." Director Chad Stahelski ("John Wick" 2014) and screenwriter Derek Kolstad put together a sequel which is able to stand alone as [..]
The Shape of Water (2017)
The Best Picture of 2017 is....."The Shape of Water." This story is set in a 1962 Cold War laboratory where a mute cleaning woman falls in love with a captured amphibious creature and conspires to release him before the military people can perform experiments on [..]
All the Money in the World (2017)
The kidnapping of John Paul Getty III in 1973 is the subject of "All the Money in the World" from producer-director Ridley Scott ("Alien" 1979). The project ran into big problems when, one month from its scheduled release in November, 2017, Scott fired star Kevin Spacey [..]
The Abyss (1989)
Science fiction goes under the deep blue sea in "The Abyss." James Cameron directed and wrote the screenplay about the story of a SEAL team sent to rescue a U. S. nuclear submarine that sank in the Cayman Trough. The 140 minute movie goes by [..]
Without Reservations (1946)
"Without Reservations" is a comedy film about a famous author on a train from New York to Los Angeles who gets acquainted with two Marines. Unaware of her celebrity status, they criticize her new book, and she falls in love with one of them anyway. [..]
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland star in the classic tale of Robin and girl friend Marian in "The Adventures of Robin Hood." When Prince John seizes the throne of England, while brother King Richard the Lionheart is away, he overtaxes the people of the land. [..]
Man from Music Mountain (1938)
Gene Autry and the local townsfolk fall victim to greedy land developers in "Man from Music Mountain." Beside the drama, there is plenty of music from Autry, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hughes, Sally Payne, and Polly Jenkins and her Plowboys. (Carol Hughes' daughter Kay Faylen was [..]
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
"Bringing Up Baby" is a screwball comedy about a straitlaced paleontologist who gets dragged into misadventures with a madcap heiress and her pet leopard. Howard Hawks ("Scarface" 1932) was unfocused in the director's chair on this overrated comedy, which was poorly written by Dudley Nichols and [..]
The Old Barn Dance (1938)
"The Old Barn Dance" tells the story of Gene Autry's small horse trading business being threatened by a large tractor company. The drama and singing proceeds from there, well directed by Joseph Kane and written by Bernard McConville and Charles F. Royal. It was [..]
You Can’t Take It with You (1938)
The Best Picture of 1938 is....."You Can't Take It with You." Jimmy Stewart plays the son of a wealthy businessman who becomes engaged to be married to his secretary, who is from an eccentric, lower-middle class family. The culture-clash screwball romantic comedy proceeds from there, well managed by [..]