Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians - talk about a title that gets your attention. Even film buffs who've made bizarre cinema their bread and butter get stymied when presented with this strange 1964 relic. It sure puts Kris Kringle's limitati...

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Scarface (1932)

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South Sea Woman

"Marine Burt Lancaster is up to his leatherneck in comedy, action and romance," is the tag line for South Sea Woman (1953). With Virginia Mayo as the show girl he unwillingly rescues and Chuck Connors as her suitor, this film scurries alo...

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Sting, The

There are fewer cinematic pleasures like being able to be surprised by a film upon viewing after viewing. You get so used to figuring out a flick's secrets the first time around and ending up disappointed after sitting through it again, it'...

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Strangers on a Train

Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train (1951) is the director at his very best. In this bizarre murder plot Guy Haines (Farley Granger) and Bruno Antony (Robert Walker) are strangers who meet on a train. Strangers on a Train, the epitome of a ...

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Summertree

Summertree, Michael Douglas's third feature film as an actor, probably got its push to production because his father, the renowned Kirk Douglas, was the producer. He film was based on  Ron Cowen's off-Broadway play. Borrowing cliché momen...

Sundowners, The

The Sundowners (1960), the story of Australian Outback sheep drover Paddy Carmody (Robert Mitchum) and his family's drama as they struggle to keep beans in the pot and deal with a son who is tired of not having a home, seems somewhat boring on ...

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Supergirl

In films, as with most walks of life, guys seem to have all the fun. This is particularly true of the superhero genre, whose biggest franchises (be they Batman or Spider-Man) are male-dominated. But the ladies aren't so lucky when they get to d...

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Superman

Just as the character of Superman's arrival in the 1930s changed the face of comic books forever, Christopher Reeve in the titular role in 1978's Superman, set a new standard for comic-based movies.  The story involves the standard plot of...

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