David and Bathsheba

A Biblical tale of tragedy and romantic obsession - More than 3000 years ago King David of Bethlehem ruled over the united tribes of Israel. The 1951 David and Bathsheba starring Gregory Peck and Susan Hayward, takes on the historical era an...

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Day the Earth Stood Still, The

The science fiction genre is replete with tales of aliens, robots, and spectacular space battles. Such stories are what people see most often in the movies, but while many are quite entertaining, the number of films that go a few steps beyond is fr...

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Desire Under the Elms

Three greedy half-brothers pitted against each other by their widowed, tyrannical father often spells trouble, but add the father's sexy young bride to the mix, and that's a formula for disaster. This emotionally charged scenario is the sta...

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Diary of Anne Frank, The

No matter how many times you may have seen The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), watching the story of the courageous Frank family who were hidden - along with a few other Jews - by their friends for two years is as touching and heartfelt as seeing it fo...

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Die Another Day

For all intents and purposes, it's best not to view Die Another Day as a traditional James Bond adventure. The 20th screen outing for the character and the last to star Pierce Brosnan, the film arrived in 2002, on the 40th anniversary of when D...

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Dr. No

In 1962, three of the most immortal words in film history were uttered onscreen for the first time: "Bond. James Bond." Dr. No was the first look that audiences got at Bond in action (if one puts aside the American TV version of Casino Ro...

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Drowning Pool, The

The Drowning Pool (1975), adapted from Ross Macdonald's novel, is another episode about private detective Lew Harper (Paul Newman). This time Harper is summoned to Lousiana by Iris Devereaux (Joanne Woodward), a woman he shared a brief sexual enc...

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