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494,226 | 342,623 | 22,317 | 1 | So old you can smell the mothballs | Not to be disrespectful of the early days of talkies , but if you see this one listed on TCM , skip it . It absolutely creaks with age . Set in Quebec , " The Right of Way " is a melodrama about a rather mean attorney nicknamed " Beauty " ( don't ask me why ) who gets involved in a bar fight when he goes to see his thi... |
494,029 | 342,623 | 113,627 | 1 | beyond bad | A big disappointment for what was touted as an incredible film . Incredibly bad . Very pretentious . It would be nice if just once someone would create a high profile role for a young woman that was not a prostitute . We don't really learn anything about this character , except that he seems to be a hopeless alcoholic ... |
493,532 | 342,623 | 160,127 | 2 | an atrocity played out before my eyes | Thinking I would be entertained , I mistakenly watched this film - and I use the term " film " loosely . It's not a film . It's a bad music video filled with obvious and cheap process shots , lots of blue screen stuff , slow motion signifying nothing , no plot , no background as to the characters or their relationship ... |
494,762 | 342,623 | 233,142 | 3 | a complete rip off | This movie was falsely advertised as being about Elvis impersonators ripping off a Vegas casino . That is what it was about - for the first ten minutes . The rest of the time it was about gratuitous violence and vicious characters . I really resent the use of Kurt Russell , one of the great Elvis impersonators , doing ... |
493,629 | 342,623 | 57,227 | 3 | awful Elvis movie | Poor Elvis . This is one rotten movie . By 1964 , Colonel Parker had figured out that , if he and Elvis were getting a percent of the movie , the lower the budget , the better . I wonder how Elvis was able to get up in the morning and put on that blond wig . And we ask ourselves why this man was a substance abuser . El... |
494,903 | 342,623 | 25,499 | 3 | Dated , very early Bogart | This film was originally called " Midnight . " In a noir set that I have , it's titled " Call it Murder " and Humphrey Bogart is top-billed . Originally he was listed as 8th in the cast , as he really doesn't have that much to do . It's of interest because of his presence - he plays a criminal , but he's a young leadin... |
494,766 | 342,623 | 166,013 | 3 | a true mystery | The name Joan Allen , so often associated with high quality , is used to attract innocent video renters to this film . They will be disappointed . What is alleged to be the story of a brave Irish journalist is instead a two-part mystery : a ) why did Joan Allen agree to do this film ? and b ) what were all those people... |
493,534 | 342,623 | 244,970 | 4 | were they kidding ? | If Hugh Jackman wants a film career , he's going to have to do better than this . While Colin Firth and Hugh Grant were making the superior " Bridget Jones ' Diary , " Jackman was toiling in this discarded USA Network TV movie . For me the acid test is always , " If this film hadn't starred ( insert names ) , could thi... |
494,474 | 342,623 | 373,450 | 4 | A journalist tries to find out the truth behind an old murder | Alison Lohman is a young journalist trying to find out " Where the Truth Lies " in this 2005 film starring Kevin Bacon , Colin Firth and Maury Chaykin . Bacon and Firth are a kind of Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis team , and a dead girl is found in one of their hotel suites . Karen ( Lohman ) is to assist part of the act , Vi... |
494,631 | 342,623 | 427,575 | 4 | on the dull side | This entry into Hallmark's rotating mystery series is fairly dull . One wonders where that extremely high rating - and no comments - comes from . Mystery Woman lacks the colorfulness of the McBride series . Kellie Martin is darling , but this show dragged . It's always great to see old-timer Clarence Williams III . How... |
494,796 | 342,623 | 35,980 | 4 | astrology vs . astronomy | Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for this trite comedy , but it seemed to me to be all over the place . Hedy Lamarr plays a silly woman , who , neglected by her astronomer husband , William Powell , believes an astrologer who tells her that she will meet another man at a certain time . She does , and it turns out to be ... |
495,053 | 342,623 | 232,062 | 4 | dumb and dumber | This movie is a pathetic attempt , apparently , to justify the actions of Mary Ann Letourneau . In order to do this , they cast a 19-year-old - well , probably not " in order to do this . " There was no way they could have cast a 12 or 13 year old as the boy because the love scenes would have grossed everyone out ( if ... |
493,699 | 342,623 | 36,810 | 4 | just okay entry into The Falcon series | This is the tenth of the Falcon series , starring Tom Conway who took the role over from his brother , George Sanders . Both men are debonair and have similar speaking voices , but I've always found Sanders the smoother of the two and enjoyed his Falcon more . In this one , the Falcon goes on vacation in Hollywood and ... |
494,010 | 342,623 | 319,507 | 4 | Inaccurate , boring , done on the cheap documentary | Hollywood Sex Symbols is a thrown together mess featuring some - certainly not all - of Hollywood sex symbols from the 1920s through the 1970s - in about 42 minutes . The footage is of poor quality and of little interest . In the beginning , as the commentator talks about Hollywood glamor and the beautiful people , t... |
495,218 | 342,623 | 28,346 | 4 | unintentionally hilarious | Why no one changed their name after appearing in " Tell Your Children , " aka " Reefer Madness , " I'll never know . Perhaps some of them did - I only checked a few names . This is possibly the worst acted , campiest , most absurd movie ever made , a laugh riot from beginning to end . A cautionary tale is told to paren... |
493,930 | 342,623 | 59,255 | 4 | abysmal | This is a nearly unwatchable Elvis Presley movie . . . and I thought I could watch Elvis in just about anything . I met my match with this one . Elvis sings a lot in this movie , using very little energy . He puts even less into the acting . The whole cast sounds like they're reading from the script . " Hey Little Girl... |
493,620 | 342,623 | 266,452 | 4 | a fun plot gone wrong | This is a disaster of a movie with a plot that could have been hilarious . I'm not sure what went wrong , other than the fact that it seemed unevenly cast and the script was just downright bad . It's a shame because it's a great premise . It should have been much , much funnier . Instead , it was slow , somewhat mean-s... |
493,738 | 342,623 | 1,109,616 | 5 | A deeply disturbed mother tries to stop her daughter from having a life | The leggy eldest daughter on " The Nanny , " Nicholle Tom , is all grown up now and " Her Only Child " in this 2008 film also starring Cameron Daddo and Gwynyth Walsh . Tom plays Lily Stanler , unlucky in love , who lives with her suffocating wreck of a mother ( Walsh ) who is terrified of bugs and of her daughter leav... |
493,499 | 342,623 | 35,309 | 5 | odd little film | Seven Sweethearts is about a journalist who travels to Holland , Michigan to do a story about tulip time there and falls in love . The owner of the hotel has seven young , lovely daughters , all with men's names , who live in an isolated little world of clogs and tulips . One of them is pretty Billie ( Kathryn Grayso... |
494,737 | 342,623 | 73,774 | 5 | Looks like something you'd see on European TV | David Janssen is an ex-U . S . treasury agent who finds himself involved in " The Swiss Conspiracy , " a 1976 film that boasts a large array of old stars and actors : John Ireland , Ray Milland , Elke Sommer , John Saxon and Curt Lowens , plus the beautiful Senta Berger and a European cast . Janssen is David Christophe... |
494,522 | 342,623 | 30,485 | 5 | Mignon Eberhardt mystery on the screen | Mystery House is a short B film based on a story by mystery writer Mignon Eberhardt . The only recognizable person for me was Ann Sheridan as a nurse caring for an elderly woman , and since I knew William Hopper was in it , I looked for him . I never would have realized it was Paul Drake of " Perry Mason " fame , he ... |
495,016 | 342,623 | 35,170 | 5 | not great | Ann Sothern is " Panama Hattie " in this 1942 film based on the Broadway musical starring Ethel Merman . Also starring are Dan Dailey , Red Skelton , Rags Ragland , Ben Blue , Virginia O'Brien ( as Flo , originated on Broadway by Betty Hutton ) , Marsha Hunt , Lena Horne and the Berry Brothers . The story concerns a vi... |
494,878 | 342,623 | 48,077 | 5 | B heist film directed by Phil Karlson | Phil Karlson directed a lot of B movies and this one , " Five Against the House " is another one , released in 1955 . It's notable for having Kim Novak in it just before she hit real stardom , and she's gorgeous . The other stars are Guy Madison , Brian Keith , Kerwin Mathews , and Alvy Moore . The story concerns Korea... |
494,650 | 342,623 | 52,325 | 5 | Unusual casting in a strange comedy | 1958 was before Ross Hunter embarked Doris Day on the fabulous career she had in the ' 60s , in which she would become a top box office draw - in fact , THE box office drawer for years . In " The Tunnel of Love , " she plays a sweet , vivacious woman who is desperate to have a baby and can't , so she and her husband , ... |
494,178 | 342,623 | 26,508 | 5 | hard to take | This is a badly dated melodrama about an actress whose dark past is revealed by a conniving reporter . Kay Francis is luminous , but she can't play trash . When Stella gets tough and starts on her downward trend , Kay , with her patrician beauty and educated accent , can't do it . A very talky movie , supposedly set in... |
493,502 | 342,623 | 409,182 | 5 | Tragic use of big bucks to make a big ripoff | 98 minutes of fake-looking special effects and sheer dreck comprise " Poseidon , " a 2006 movie hoping for people trying to get in out of the heat and into an air-conditioned theater . It was commented by an observant viewer on the board for " San Francisco " that Hollywood has lost the art of the buildup , the point b... |
494,798 | 342,623 | 74,209 | 5 | pretty sad | Though an interesting premise , Bittersweet Love is kind of a mess . Lana Turner was a very beautiful woman , and certainly in her younger years had an undeniable charm and lightness , as in " Strictly Dangerous . " By 1976 , that girl is gone . Lana's name is used strictly as a gimmick to get people to watch - she doe... |
493,954 | 342,623 | 420,793 | 5 | Nice to see everyone , but disappointing | Fran Drescher wants to move on from " The Nanny , " so she made a deal with Lifetime that , in exchange for doing this reunion show , she could direct an episode of " Strong Medicine . " The reunion took place at Drescher's Malibu home , which is amazing . Seeing the cast again was great . But no Daniel Davis , who was... |
493,530 | 342,623 | 65,537 | 5 | thanks for nothing , Colonel Parker | Poor Elvis . He was advised to do Midnight Cowboy , Barbra wanted him for A Star is Born - but thanks to the Colonel , his last screen appearance was Change of Habit , so he could complete his contract with the studio . Elvis , it seems , lost a bet with the devil . Actually , the film is quite pleasant with a familiar... |
494,668 | 342,623 | 35,764 | 5 | Bizarre B musical | I just saw this film in NYC at the Film Forum , where it was introduced by a nephew of Billy Gilbert , who has a small part in the film . It was one wild ride . The audience enjoyed the film thoroughly for what it is , a B movie musical starring Olsen & Johnson that is insane . The comedy duo has to break into Universa... |
495,066 | 342,623 | 56,908 | 5 | Kind of lame | Robert Stack , Joan Crawford , Susan Oliver , Herbert Marshall , Constance Ford , Van Williams and Diane McBain are " The Caretakers , " a 1963 film also starring Polly Bergen , Janis Paige , Barbara Barrie , Ellen Corby and Sharon Hugueny who are the cared for . Robert Vaughn plays Bergen's husband . The setting is a ... |
494,942 | 342,623 | 22,501 | 5 | Precode Kay in Paris | Young Kay Francis commits a " Transgression " in this 1931 film also starring Paul Cavanagh and Ricardo Cortez . Kay is Elsie , the wife of a wealthy British businessman . The two share a huge , beautiful home in England . A business trip calls the husband , Robert , away to India for nearly a year , and wives are not ... |
493,569 | 342,623 | 22,430 | 5 | Early Warners talkie starring Walter Huston | When a family witnesses a murder , and some of them can identify the killer , their lives become terrifying in " Star Witness , " a 1931 Warner Brothers film starring the great Walter Huston , Sally Blane , Dickie Hugent and Chic Sale . It will be hard for a 21st century audience to believe this movie was nominated for... |
495,180 | 342,623 | 35,826 | 5 | Dr . G , miracle man | Lionel Barrymore is the omniscient Dr . Gillespie in this episodic entry into the popular Dr . Kildare / Dr . Gillespie series . The overworked doc has two ambitious men working under him , cute Van Johnson and charming Keye Luke , and they both want to be his top man . Donna Reed is a beautiful young woman who comes t... |
494,941 | 342,623 | 30,007 | 5 | More Warner Bros substandard garbage for Kay Francis | Kay Francis is a " Comet Over Broadway " in this 1938 sudser also starring Ian Hunter , Minna Gombell , John Litel , Donald Crisp , Sybil Jason . These melodramas Warners threw at Kay to try to force her and her $200 , 000 + salary out of there always seem like they were made 7 or 8 years earlier . In this one , Kay is... |
494,194 | 342,623 | 60,801 | 5 | A true , true camp classic , right up there with Valley of the Dolls | Stephen Boyd is a ruthless actor vying for " The Oscar " in this 1966 film also starring Tony Bennett , Elke Sommer , Eleanor Parker , Milton Berle , Jill St . John , Ernest Borgnine , Edie Adams and a cast of thousands . This is the kind of film one watches with friends and just howls at . Here's the complete tipoff t... |
493,704 | 342,623 | 408,854 | 5 | a very quick look at the history of Hollywood | This documentary covers the history of Hollywood in something like 51 minutes , focusing mainly on the achievements of MGM , beginning with the forming of the company . Lots of classic scenes which have been seen countless times are intertwined with an auction of the " Showboat " boat , Judy's red shoes , and the Bount... |
493,558 | 342,623 | 197,917 | 5 | A little stolen Valentino | Restored at UCLA , " Stolen Moments " is an 85-year-old film featuring Rudolph Valentino in one of the villainous roles he played before stardom hit . Here , he has a mustache and looks a bit fuller in the face as he plays a smooth , oily , amoral writer who wants to trade sex for some passionate letters he received fr... |
493,952 | 342,623 | 386,676 | 5 | I have a feeling the British version is better . . . much better | I probably should give this show more of a chance , but I was so incredibly uncomfortable during it , I probably won't watch it again . Most of the time , British comedies , when taken over by Americans , don't seem to make it . " Fawlty Towers , " which lasted all of five minutes , comes to mind . This appears to be o... |
494,819 | 342,623 | 117,995 | 5 | more amoral teens | There have been many , many TV movies about amoral , angry teenagers who lash out and kill their boyfriend's girlfriend , their parents , whatever . Unfortunately , these films are usually based on true stories . Twisted Desire is one of them . I'm not sure of the actual facts of the case , but in the way this story is... |
494,045 | 342,623 | 43,027 | 5 | Real life is a bore | Two big kicks to be had out of " The Tattooed Stranger " for this viewer - spotting Patricia Barry , even though back then , she had another name and different colored hair ; and seeing Jack Lord in an uncredited role . When those are the big whoops , you've got a problem . This is a B movie that concentrates on routin... |
494,302 | 342,623 | 39,748 | 5 | The Beave's father in a B crime drama | Hugh Beaumont , known to millions as Mr . Cleaver , stars with John Ireland in " Railroaded , " a second feature that also features Sheila Ryan , Jane Randolph , and Ed Kelly . This is a fairly routine story of a young man framed for a murder / robbery he had nothing to do with . The robbery was an inside job , and the... |
493,681 | 342,623 | 439,719 | 5 | a somewhat more sprightly entry into the series | Kellie Martin directed this " Mystery Woman " episode , in which she and her friend Cassie go to a spa , the Martin character to take photos for a brochure and Cassie to be the customer photographed . While there , they encounter a psychic , who leads them to a dead body . And we're off , with Mystery Woman in the midd... |
494,171 | 342,623 | 102,343 | 5 | silly but fun fantasy | Sandra Bullock has the type of looks that can go either way , i . e . , plain Jane or knockout . She does this very successfully in Love Potion No . 9 , a cute film based on the song of the same name . The film sports a cameo by Anne Bancroft . Bullock and Tate Donovan play scientists who fool around with a love potion... |
494,792 | 342,623 | 304,896 | 5 | Not a very nice neighbor | This is a TV movie based on a true story . Angie Harmon and Dale Midkiff star as parents of two children who move into a new neighborhood and find that one of the neighbors is on the strange side . At first , he's a little annoying . Then he becomes really annoying . Then he becomes inappropriate , like when he lets hi... |
493,870 | 342,623 | 44,852 | 5 | The dance teacher and the agent | Larry Parks is a fast-talking , streetwise agent who falls for a Connecticut dance teacher against his will in " Love is Better Than Ever , " directed by Stanley Donen . Parks and Taylor have a whirlwind romance in New York while she's there attending a dance teacher convention . She falls in love , only to learn at th... |
494,740 | 342,623 | 824,326 | 5 | Derivative drama | A single woman and her two children become a " Family in Hiding " in this 2006 film , done in Canada . Brenda Strong of " Desperate Housewives " fame plays the mother , Carol Peterson . After witnessing a murder , the entire family is put into the Witness Protection Program until Carol can testify . All I've got to say... |
494,820 | 342,623 | 113,680 | 5 | more high camp than good | Originally , Emma Samms was to play Elizabeth Taylor in a biography based on the tell-all by Kitty Kelly . This fell through for some reason . This particular version , done some years later starring Sherilynn Fenn , uses public domain information . Therefore , it's like watching a series of headlines . All well and go... |
494,283 | 342,623 | 496,275 | 5 | Behind the scenes of a tabloid | It's too early to really judge " Dirt " yet . Based on the pilot , it's sleazy as hell and has no likable characters . Of course , F / X is an expert at this kind of thing and just might make it a go . The star is Courtney Cox as Lucy , the editor of " Dirt " and " Now " magazines . She's a cold bitch who wants whateve... |
493,456 | 342,623 | 48,767 | 5 | Too much and yet too little | I have no idea what anyone was thinking when this film was done . I am a huge fan of Tyrone Power but I can't say he was very good in this . I honestly don't think it was his fault . The script was rotten . First of all , the beginning scenes , showing the romance between Katie and Paul , seemed totally like they were ... |
494,666 | 342,623 | 25,117 | 5 | not terribly enjoyable | A great cast can't help this dated look at " Finishing School , " from 1934 . I decided to watch it based on the presence of Frances Dee and Ginger Rogers , both of whom are always delightful . They are here , too . Francis Dee plays a young woman , Virginia , who is sent to finishing school at the behest of her shallo... |
493,874 | 342,623 | 40,427 | 5 | Alas , I'm in the minority here | After reading some of the comments , I understand the importance of " He Walked by Night , " but I'm afraid I was bored by it . It was done documentary-style and certainly has some interesting aspects to it : it has a noir feel to it , it shows 1948 routine police work , it's based on a true story , it shows what's und... |
494,918 | 342,623 | 49,105 | 5 | I wasn't impressed | John Bromfield is Joe in " Crime Aganst Joe " a 1956 B film also featuring Julie London , Patricia Blair , Joyce Jameson , Alika Louis , Rhodes Reason and Henry Calvin . Bromfield plays an artist who lives off of his mother ( Frances Morris ) and laments not being able to find the perfect woman . When a bar singer ( Lo... |
495,017 | 342,623 | 44,744 | 5 | One of my favorite plays | The Importance of Being Earnest , one of my favorite plays , receives the heavy hand of Anthony Asquith in this film adaptation which stars Michael Redgrave , Michael Denison , Edith Evans , Joan Greenwood , Dorothy Tutin and Margaret Rutherford . Based on the Oscar Wilde play , it's the story of a man , Jack Cardew ... |
495,124 | 342,623 | 35,856 | 5 | Somewhat annoying entry into the series | I like Tom Conway as The Falcon , and this was a very good mystery . What was annoying was the presence of The Falcon's southern fiancée , who never shut up through the whole picture , even during crucial moments . Hard to believe that such a sophisticated character as the Falcon would have put up with her for more tha... |
494,398 | 342,623 | 25,346 | 5 | familiar story with the Irish struggle as background | William Powell is Bill , a British officer who finds an old love in Ireland in " The Key , " a 1934 film also starring Edna Best ( Norah ) and Colin Clive ( Andy ) . A very young Donald Crisp , though his voice identifies him immediately , plays a Sein Fein leader whom the British army seeks to capture . When Bill arri... |
494,526 | 342,623 | 24,675 | 5 | World War I melodrama - - Joan involved with two men | And hubba hubba , one of those men is tall , gorgeous Gary Cooper . End of discussion ! This is a very melodramatic film with a lot of World War I action scenes . Apparently the role that Joan plays , Diana , Ronnie's sister , was added to the script and does not appear in the Faulkner novel . Ronnie is Franchot Tone ,... |
493,820 | 342,623 | 59,403 | 5 | One face is plenty , thanks | This unintentionally hilarious 1965 sudser stars Lana Turner as Kit , a wealthy woman trying to hold onto her purchased husband Pete ( Cliff Robertson ) when one of her ex-beaus is found dead on the beach , a probable suicide . His girlfriend ( Stefanie Powers ) arrives to find out what went on , and she and Pete fall ... |
494,676 | 342,623 | 40,870 | 5 | Disappointing reteaming of a glamorous film couple | Tyrone Power made light comedies in the mid to late 1930s when he was first establishing himself at Twentieth Century Fox . In fact , he made this exact light comedy in 1937 , then called " Love is News . " The story concerns an heiress who , to get back at a reporter and show him what it's like to be the subject of he... |
494,571 | 342,623 | 59,563 | 5 | It's no wonder poor Elvis went over to the dark side | If you were Elvis and had to make this sort of film time and time again , you'd have been on drugs too . " Paradise , Hawaiian Style " can easily be confused with " Blue Hawaii " - both take place in Hawaii , both are about the travel business , both have women in them . But there are differences . Elvis was drop-dead ... |
494,989 | 342,623 | 33,117 | 5 | odd Crawford vehicle | Watching this film , the lead role of Susan seemed to call out " Norma Shearer " to me , and sure enough , reading up on it , the rights to the play were purchased by MGM with Shearer in mind . Norma Shearer and Joan Crawford were both fabulous movie stars but with different gifts . You could not call either one of the... |
493,937 | 342,623 | 63,231 | 5 | A little less conversation , a little more singing would have been nice | Live a Little , Love a Little was a departure from the normal Elvis Presley travelogues , and this off-the-beaten-track trend continued for the rest of his film career ( four films ) . It's sexy with a more adult theme than usual . Even more unusual , it only has a few songs , including " A Little Less Conversation . "... |
493,679 | 342,623 | 106,808 | 5 | portrait of a flaming lunatic | Kate Jackson plays a nurse from hell who , determined to hold onto her detestable boyfriend Frank , and after months faking pregnancy with a pillow , steals another woman's baby . Since Frank ( who's married , by the way , and lives with his wife ) wanted a boy , and the stolen baby is a girl , she sets her sights on a... |
494,477 | 342,623 | 50,439 | 5 | Interesting for the cast | The Girl in the Black Stockings is a B movie , and I don't give it the tremendous historical significance one of the other reviewers did . It's obviously made cheaply , and the story is awkward . Directed by Howard Koch , it has a surprising lack of pace . The stars are Lex Barker , Anne Bancroft , John Dehner , Ron ... |
494,632 | 342,623 | 422,733 | 5 | pleasant with an interesting cast | This Hallmark movie , although it got quite a bit of structure from the " Perry Mason " TV movies , was slow but pleasant , with several plot turns that could be seen coming from a foot away . What it had going for it was its cast , including John LaRoquette , William McNamara , and a totally unrecognizable Daryl Ander... |
494,640 | 342,623 | 375,210 | 5 | an inauspicious comeback | One would have thought that a talent such as Michael Keaton could have chosen something a little better for his re-entry into film . This film has an interesting premise , some scary scenes , and more holes in the plot than a swiss cheese . Keaton's choice of films in the past few years has been bad bordering on pathet... |
495,054 | 342,623 | 433,604 | 5 | Slow moving entry in the Mystery Woman series | Hallmark Channel is targeting the baby boomers and older crowd with its Mystery Movie series . Mystery Woman , one of the shows included in the series , is about a bookstore owner ( Kellie Martin ) who is constantly being embroiled in real-life murders . Sing Me a Murder concerned a ' 60s and ' 70s folk song trio on th... |
494,830 | 342,623 | 23,594 | 5 | Too much fishing | Edward G . Robinson is Mike , a Portugese immigrant who makes his living as a fisherman in " Tiger Shark , " a 1932 movie also starring Richard Arlen and Zita Johann . Mike loses his hand while trying to save Quita's ( Johann's ) father from a shark , but he does manage to save his buddy Pipes . He falls in love with Q... |
493,691 | 342,623 | 23,556 | 5 | ' 30s-themed Warners programmer | Taxi ! is a 1932 film starring James Cagney and Loretta Young , made after Cagney's big success in " Public Enemy . " The ' 30s were a time when much of what was seen in theater and film reflected the plight of the blue-collar worker . Sophisticated drawing room comedies and rich folk were replaced by " Waiting for L... |
494,769 | 342,623 | 120,753 | 5 | too weird | A nearly crippled FBI agent , played by none other than Mel Gibson , arrives at a flop house for uninsured alcoholics , drug users and the mentally challenged to investigate the murder ( or was it suicide ) of a rich man's son . He meets , among others , an Indian named Geronimo , a man who claims to have been an uncre... |
493,962 | 342,623 | 28,579 | 5 | these people were lucky they got to make another movie | Well , I didn't have as violent a response as the first post I read , but " Another Dawn " is from another era and didn't survive it , trust me . It's all pip-pip , jolly good , and honor is all in this dated film starring the handsome Errol Flynn and the lovely Kay Francis . She's a widow who marries Flynn's commander... |
494,214 | 342,623 | 32,415 | 5 | Disappointing entry into the series | Dr . K , Dr . Gillespie , and nurse Mary are all involved in " Dr . Kildare's Crisis , " a 1940 " Dr . Kildare " film which stars regulars Lew Ayres as Kildare , Laraine Day as Mary , Lionel Barrymore as Dr . Gillepsie , Alma Kruger as the nursing supervisor . Robert Young appears as Mary's brother Doug . Kildare and M... |
495,164 | 342,623 | 37,373 | 5 | Barrymore , Johnson , and Luke still at Blair General | This is a rather annoying entry into the series . With Dr . Kildare persona non grata at MGM after Lew Ayres became a conscientious objector , the franchise now belongs to irascible Dr . Gillespie ( Lionel Barrymore ) . Barrymore was a wonderful actor , but these were B movies slapped together probably in days , and it... |
494,671 | 342,623 | 27,677 | 5 | Sudser in a girls ' school | A young Simone Simon falls for her teacher ( Herbert Marshall ) in " Girls ' Dormitory , " a 1936 film set in a European girls ' school where the teachers are Herr and Fraulein . When Herbert Marshall is the object of a girl's affections , you know this is an old one . Like the previous poster , this film made me feel ... |
493,769 | 342,623 | 192,731 | 5 | a little slice , a little dice , a little Basic Instinct , a little Terror Train | I'm no expert - - nor fan - - of this genre but rented it because the plot intrigued me . I found it uneven in performances and plot and confusing in parts . In fact , there was one scene in the film that seemed totally unrelated to it so I must have missed something somewhere . I'm still not sure if it was a scene fro... |
493,835 | 342,623 | 41,430 | 5 | a great cast in a film about the gambling bug | Gregory Peck , Ava Gardner , Walter Huston , Melvyn Douglas , Ethel Barrymore , and Frank Morgan star in " The Great Sinner " about a writer who gets the gambling bug big-time . Set in the 1860s , the story concerns a writer ( Peck ) who falls for a woman ( Gardner ) whose life , and that of her father's ( Huston ) , i... |
494,724 | 342,623 | 315,297 | 5 | not quite twisted enough | I'm not sure why this movie was made . I found it slow moving , derivative , and without great acting roles for a very good cast , which included Ashley Judd , Samuel L . Jackson , and Andy Garcia . Ashley Judd was hard-bodied and policewoman-like ; Samuel L . Jackson was wasted . For me , this was a TV movie with movi... |
493,851 | 342,623 | 39,073 | 6 | Post-war Maisie | This is Maisie's second to last film in the series starring Ann Sothern that ran from 1939 to 1947 . Some of them were better than others . This one is in the category of okay . During the war , Maisie was a riveter ( Swing Shift Maisie and Maisie Goes to Reno , when she was burnt out and needed a vacation ) . Now post... |
495,159 | 342,623 | 21,992 | 6 | Precode film with good performances | The plot of " Illicit " is similar to the plot of an early Bette Davis film called " Ex-Lady " made two years after this one . They should be similar - Edith Fitzgerald wrote both of them . " Ex-Lady " was based on an unproduced play , and " Illicit " actually was a play . Both concern women who don't want to get marri... |
493,800 | 342,623 | 78,167 | 6 | okay | Ring of Passion is a 1978 TV-movie about the Joe Louis / Max Schmeling fights . It stars Bernie Casey as Joe Louis , Stephen Macht as Schemling , Britt Ekland as Mrs . Schmeling , and Allen Garfield as Damon Runyon . The Louis / Schmeling fights , which took place during the time of Hitler , had political implication... |
493,697 | 342,623 | 39,160 | 6 | predictable B film | Frances Gifford gets mixed up in " The Arnelo Affair , " a 1947 film also starring George Murphy , John Hodiak , Eve Arden and Dean Stockwell . In fact , the film was on TCM as part of Dean Stockwell's birthday . He certainly was an adorable little boy . Gifford plays Anne Parkson , the neglected wife of a successful a... |
494,323 | 342,623 | 286,077 | 6 | sexual addiction explored in a good TV movie | This is actually a pretty good TV movie , based on a true story , starring real life husband and wife , Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna . Hamlin plays a sex addict who gets caught cheating by his wife . It turns out to be a little more than cheating , and Hamlin's chronic problem is ultimately exposed . He basically destro... |
494,870 | 342,623 | 1,243,939 | 6 | Uneven dramatization of a true story | Lifetime Television's " The Two Mr . Kissels , " based on the true story of two murdered brothers , stars John Stamos as Andrew Kissel , Anson Mount as Robert Kissel , and Robin Tunney as Robert's wife , Nancy . Somehow , a fascinating story was rendered fairly uninteresting by the script . With better writing , this m... |
494,182 | 342,623 | 823,477 | 6 | Nature versus nurture | In " Jane Doe : The Ties That Bind , " Cathy's son is doing a piece for school on " nature versus nurture . " In Jane Doe's case ( that's Cathy's alias when she works for the government ) the question of nature versus nurture is an underlying theme . She embarks on a case with Frank Darnell ( Joe Penny ) involving a ma... |
493,777 | 342,623 | 118,548 | 6 | totally ridiculous | This movie is fun and has some exciting moments but is basically absurd . Leaving the plot out , which would involve a spoiler , almost as absurd as the plot is the sight of this elderly man bungie jumping out of windows and running through the woods at Olympic-qualifying speed . I'm sorry but Clint Eastwood looks like... |
494,252 | 342,623 | 21,885 | 6 | If it doesn't fit , you must acquit | Norma Shearer is " A Free Soul " in this 1931 film also starring Lionel Barrymore , Clark Gable , Leslie Howard , and James Gleason . Though this is an early talkie , the actors handle the dialogue well , and there are not the awkward rhythms , pauses , or echoes one often hears during these first years . Shearer plays... |
494,151 | 342,623 | 21,873 | 6 | Pre-code melodrama about the tabloids | The exploitativeness of tabloids is always a good subject , even back in 1931 . " Five Star Final " is about a ruthless editor ( Edward G . Robinson ) who hounds a woman involved in a 20-year-old murder with tragic results . The film sports a good cast , including Boris Karloff , Mae Marsh , Ona Munson , Aline McMahon ... |
494,173 | 342,623 | 43,879 | 6 | North by Dangerous Ground | The most vivid thing about this film is its score by Bernard Hermann , which sounds very much like his sweeping , exciting music in " North by Northwest . " It's fitting , too , because in one of the scenes , Robert Ryan and Ward Bond are climbing a rocky , difficult hill , the music comes in - and brings to mind the M... |
494,836 | 342,623 | 21,825 | 6 | Early talkie with some up and coming stars | Constance Bennett is a woman who gets a sugar daddy in " The Easiest Way , " also starring Adolphe Menjou , Robert Montgomery , Anita Page , and Clark Gable . Made in 1931 , it's directed by Jack Conway , and it's very well done . Bennett plays Laura , who lives in a crowded tenement with her large family , which inclu... |
494,801 | 342,623 | 35,151 | 6 | Uneasy mix of comedy and drama | Once Upon a Honeymoon is a 1942 film directed by Leo McCarey with a script by Sheridan Gibney and McCarey . Despite its stars , Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers and McCarey as director , the uneven script ultimately topples this film . Part of the problem is that as an audience member , you're not sure what to do - is it... |
495,137 | 342,623 | 87,827 | 6 | Some interesting elements | If you can buy petite , beautiful Yvette Mimieux as a loser , this is the film for you . It's also a fun watch if you're a fan of makeovers and soap operas . The story concerns a whack job , Mimieux , who is obsessed with a soap star , portrayed by Simon McCorkindale . In fact , she lives her life as if they're togethe... |
493,694 | 342,623 | 35,183 | 6 | pleasant enough | The Peterville Diamond from 1942 is a pretty good British film with people not terribly well known on this side of the pond but nevertheless quite good . I would have liked to have seen this with spiffier production values and stars a la MGM . It's the kind of story that needs some gloss . The plot concerns a bored ,... |
494,004 | 342,623 | 26,187 | 6 | Paul Lukas as Philo | Philo Vance has been played by a number of actors over the years , everyone from Wilfred Hyde-White to William Powell , who portrayed the detective the most . In " The Casino Murder Case , " it's Paul Lukas ' turn to have a go at it . This is a light mystery concerning some murders within a family . Rosalind Russell is... |
494,476 | 342,623 | 34,961 | 6 | Marlene Dietrich in a comedy | Marlene Dietrich is the lady in " The Lady is Willing , " a 1942 film also starring Fred MacMurray and Arline Judge . The beautiful Dietrich plays a musical star , Liza Madden , who walks off with an abandoned baby and takes him home . Though Liza lives well , she owes a fortune to the IRS and gives all of her money aw... |
494,034 | 342,623 | 21,732 | 6 | another WWI love triangle | Douglas Fairbanks Jr . and Anthony Bushell are the Prescott brothers in 1931's " Chances , " and both are in love with the same woman ( Rose Hobart ) who plays Molly . The two brothers go off to war while Molly does her part in the effort , Tom ( Bushell ) believing that Rose is waiting for him , while in fact , she lo... |
495,048 | 342,623 | 21,756 | 6 | pre-code youths in Paris | It was said , possibly by David Niven , that Constance Bennett would walk into a room at night to play cards and emerge the next morning looking exactly the same as when she went in . I can believe it . Her beauty , glamor , and freshness are beautifully showcased in " The Common Law " about living and loving ( freely ... |
494,865 | 342,623 | 39,325 | 6 | Noir based on the radio show | Mr . District Attorney is a 1947 film starring Dennis O'Keefe , Michael O'Shea , Marguerite Chapman and Adolphe Menjou . It has a solid B cast that includes Jeff Donnell and George Coulouris . O'Keefe plays Steve Bennett , a defense attorney who is offered a job in the DA's office by Craig Warren ( Menjou ) and accep... |
494,898 | 342,623 | 35,034 | 6 | A woman comes between two best friends | Manpower is a 1941 Warner Brothers film directed by Raoul Walsh . Walsh said that Jack Warner used to call him to his office and say , " You have to direct this film for me . " Walsh would ask , " Who's in it ? " " Oh , I don't know , " Warner would moan . One wonders if " Manpower " was one of those films , though i... |
495,022 | 342,623 | 21,684 | 6 | engrossing but heavy going pre-code melodrama | Constant Bennett is a beautiful Red Cross nurse and Joel McCrea her lover in " Born to Love . " The story held my interest but it is truly a turgid melodrama with some very old-fashioned , over the top acting from Bennett . Bennett and McCrea meet during World War I in London , fall in love , have sex ; he leaves for b... |
493,832 | 342,623 | 56,625 | 6 | Love that title ! | You gotta love the title " Two Weeks in Another Town . " It's fabulous . As for the movie . . . it's a big budget , sprawling color extravaganza that's either a sequel or a prequel to " The Bad and the Beautiful " depending upon whom you speak to . Kirk Douglas stars as Jack , a has-been , alcoholic actor who , fresh f... |
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