Bandit of Sherwood Forest, The

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946) is a scant 87 minutes, and mercifully probably one-quarter of that time is taken up with watching the various factions riding through the forest. Years have passed since Robin Hood retired. But now tyranny has r...

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Ben Hur

Ben-Hur, one of the most ambitious epics ever filmed, earned an impressive 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director (William Wyler) and Best Actor (Charlton Heston). The film has been hailed for many aspects - its grand size, incredi...

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Bunny Lake Is Missing

There's hardly a more powerful force than a mother's love for her child. But what if there isn't a real child and the supposedly mother is somewhat cuckoo? This corker of a premise serves as the backbone for director Otto Preminger'...

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Call of the Wild

In Call of the Wild (1935) Jack Thornton (Clark Gable) heads to the Alaskan Yukon and gets hooked on two things - finding gold and getting a winning hand at the card table. Neither seems to be coming his way until he rescues a sled dog from being s...

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Casablanca

It All Happens At Ricks Cafe   Since it screened at the theater in 1943, the story of lovers Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) and Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) in Casablanca has made cinematic history. The World War II drama about Europeans fleein...

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Christmas in Connecticut

We forget that Christmas movies need not necessarily be all about Christmas. The genre tends to get a bum rap, the work of crass comedies filled with holiday hokum and phony sermons about the yuletide spirit. 1945's Christmas in Connecticut man...

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Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane (1941) is an enigma. Movie fans in general seem to ignore it when talking about their favorite films, yet it continually shows up as #1 or in the top five on TOP MOVIES OF ALL TIME lists. Clearly, it's not a warm and fuzzy film. Bu...

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Cross of Iron

Cross of Iron (1977) shows war at its most direct. No matter how much glory is wrought or how many medals are won, the battlefield is an ugly place to be. But who better a blunt instrument to deliver this point than Sam Peckinpah, a director who ma...

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Crossing Delancey

A HEARTWARMING ROMANCE - When a Jewish grandmother hires a matchmaker for her granddaughter, chaos ensues as the granddaughter tries to avoid the good-hearted but average Joe. Izzy has her sights on a much bigger target. The film stars Amy I...

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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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