London Film Productions Starring: Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Alida Valli Directed by: Carol Reed Synopsis: A pulp fiction novelist named Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) arrives in post-World War II Vienna expecting to meet up with an old friend, Harry Lime, who has offered him a job. Instead he learns his friend is dead and he quickly learns that […]
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Mister Ed – “The Horse and the Pussycat”
Original Air Date: October 31, 1965 Starring: Alan Young, Connie Hines, Hazel Shermet Directed by: Ira Stewart, Alan Young Synopsis: Carol (Connie Hines) promises to catsit for her friend Selma (Hazel Shermet) much to Wilbur’s (Alan Young) dismay. But it’s Mister Ed who suffers from jealousy when Wilbur starts spending all of his time with the pedigree Siamese. Featured […]
Pygmalion (1938)
Gabriel Pascal Productions Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson Directed by: Anthony Asquith & Leslie Howard Synopsis: A wonderful film version of George Bernard Shaw’s classic play (written for the screen by Shaw himself) tells the story of phoentics expert Professor Henry Higgins (Leslie Howard) and the Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle (Wendy Hiller) he bets he […]
Hausu (1977)
English Title: House Toho Company Starring: Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Ohba, Ai Matsubara, Yôko Minamida Directed by: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi Synopsis: Oshare (Kimiko Ikegami) and her six schoolgirl friends decide to spend the summer at the quaint farmhouse owned by her Aunt (Yôko Minamida) but things quickly spiral strangely out of control as the girls are murdered one by […]
Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions Starring: Chuck Connors, Michael Rennie, Bill Bixby, Kathryn Hays Directed by: Bernard McEveety Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Jonas Trapp (Chuck Connors) marries the beautiful Jessie Larkin (Kathryn Hays) but feels stifled by a life of leisure living with Jessie’s wealthy aunt who doesn’t care […]
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
Touchstone Pictures Starring: Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Raoul Bova Directed by: Audrey Wells Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the popular book by Frances Mayes. Frances (Diane Lane) is a writer living in San Francisco who suffers from a sudden and hurtful divorce. Finding herself depressed and at […]
The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
Warner Bros. Starring: Spencer Tracy, Felipe Pazos Directed by: John Sturges Cat Out of the Bag Alert: This review contains some spoilers for this movie. Synopsis: Based on the story by Ernest Hemingway, an old fisherman (Spencer Tracy) devotedly plies his trade day in and day out, but he is finding it increasingly harder to compete with the younger […]
Can-Can (1960)
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Starring: Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan Directed by: Walter Lang Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains minor spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A musical featuring the songs of Cole Porter (although apparently vastly different than the original Broadway production.) Simone Pistache (Shirley MacLaine) runs a nightclub in turn-of-the-century […]
O. Henry’s Full House (1952)
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Starring: Dale Robertson, Richard Widmark, Charles Laughton, Fred Allen Directed by: Henry Hathaway, Howard Hawks, Henry King, Henry Koster, Jean Negulesco Synopsis: An anthology of five different stories from acclaimed writer O. Henry, introduced by fellow author John Steinbeck. An all-star cast brings the following stories to life: The Cop and the Anthem, […]
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
CBS Films Starring: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, Ethan Phillips Also Starring: Tigger, Jerry, Daryl Directed by: Ethan & Joel Coen Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains slight spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A slower-paced character study from the Coen Brothers. Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) is a folk singer performing in Greenwich Village, New York in […]