Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

[3] I've never read Lewis Carroll's novel, but I loathe every film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland I've ever seen. Walt Disney's animated version is marginally better than the studio's hideously garish 2010 remake, but it's just as aimless, pointless, and tediously…
The Vikings (1958)

The Vikings (1958)

[7] Tony Curtis and Kirk Douglas co-star in this lavish, somewhat compromised adventure-drama set in medieval England and Norway. Douglas plays an aggressive Viking prince and Curtis plays his English slave, neither of them realizing they share the same Viking father (Ernest…
The Bad Seed (1956)

The Bad Seed (1956)

[7] After a child drowns during a school picnic, a mother (Nancy Kelly) begins to realize her psychopathic, pig-tailed daughter (Patty McCormack) is the culprit. The Bad Seed, based on a novel by William March and a play by Maxwell Anderson, is…
Some Came Running (1958)

Some Came Running (1958)

[7] Frank Sinatra plays Dave Hirsh, a war veteran who returns to his scenic Indiana home town where family secrets and town gossip threaten to disrupt the lives of many. He arrives with a young, naïve floozie named Ginnie (Shirley MacLaine) who…
The King and I (1956)

The King and I (1956)

[5] Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner star in this opulent period musical from Broadway legends Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein. Kerr plays Anna, a widowed British school teacher who travels with her young son to Siam (modern-day Thailand) where she's agreed to…
The Big Heat (1953)

The Big Heat (1953)

[8] In this disturbing film noir piece from director Fritz Lang (Metropolis, Fury), Glenn Ford plays a police detective who uncovers a crime syndicate involving the police department and the district attorney. After investigating the unlikely suicide of a fellow officer, Ford…
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)

The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)

[4] Even if we can remove the Creature from his lagoon, can we successfully take the lagoon out of the Creature? In the Gill Man's second sequel, Jeff Morrow and Rex Reason (both from This Island Earth) play scientists looking to capture…
Ben-Hur (1959)

Ben-Hur (1959)

[10] Charlton Heston stars as Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince whose life is thrown into years of soul-crushing turmoil after being betrayed by a childhood friend. That friend, a Roman soldier named Messala (Stephen Boyd), turns against Judah after he refuses to…
Cinderella (1950)

Cinderella (1950)

[4] Cinderella was the biggest hit Walt Disney had since 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Walt credited it for saving the company from bankruptcy. While I'm certainly thankful the film allowed Disney's legacy to continue, I can't say it's among…
Some Like It Hot (1959)

Some Like It Hot (1959)

[9] Two Chicago musicians (Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis) try to evade mobsters by disguising themselves as women and joining an all-girl band on its way to perform at a Florida resort. Both men fall in love with the band's boozy vocalist…