Sideways (2004)

Sideways (2004)

[8] Writer/director Alexander Payne (Election, About Schmidt) takes us on a trip through California wine country with two middle-aged college buddies in Sideways, based on a novel by Rex Pickett. Paul Giamatti plays a divorced junior high school teacher suffering…
Reckless (1935)

Reckless (1935)

[5] Jean Harlow and William Powell star in this romantic comedy about a Broadway singer who impulsively marries a wealthy playboy (Franchot Tone) before realizing her true love is really her long-time agent (Powell). Powell's droll, sardonic humor fits Reckless…
Dark Passage (1947)

Dark Passage (1947)

[7] Humphrey Bogart escapes from San Quentin to try and prove he's innocent of killing his wife. Lauren Bacall plays the woman who believes him and gives him shelter. He resorts to plastic surgery to hide his identity from the…
Platinum Blonde (1931)

Platinum Blonde (1931)

[6] Robert Williams stars as a scrappy newspaper reporter who falls in love with a socialite (rising star Jean Harlow) who drags him kicking and screaming into hoity-toity upper-class society. But after numerous dinners and parties, awkward relationships with 'the…
A Home at the End of the World (2004)

A Home at the End of the World (2004)

[7] Colin Farrell stars as a free-spirited young man who enters into a romantic triangle with a woman (Robin Wright) and his boyhood friend (Dallas Roberts). A Home at the End of the World, based on the novel by Michael…
Ball of Fire (1941)

Ball of Fire (1941)

[8] Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck star in this lively screwball comedy from director Howard Hawks. Cooper is working on a new encyclopedia with seven other scholars when he realizes the group is woefully uneducated in the world of contemporary…
Green Light (1937)

Green Light (1937)

[4] Errol Flynn stars as a surgeon who takes the fall for an older colleague who accidentally loses a patient under the knife. As fate would have it, he then falls in love with the deceased patient's daughter (Anita Louise),…
Mulholland Dr. (2001)

Mulholland Dr. (2001)

[8] Naomi Watts and Laura Harring star in this dreamy David Lynch film that almost defies summary, but I'll do my best. Watts plays a young actress fresh in Hollywood who meets Harring, a woman who just escaped a car…
Vibes (1988)

Vibes (1988)

[5] Cyndi Lauper and Jeff Goldblum star as New York psychics tricked by Peter Falk into locating a lost Incan city for treasure hunters that wish to harness it's mystical powers. Vibes is sort of a paranormal mystery, sort of…
Call of the Wild (1935)

Call of the Wild (1935)

[8] William Wellman directs Clark Gable in this loose adaptation of Jack London's classic novel. While the book is entirely from the point-of-view of Buck, a weathered sled dog, this film version focuses more on human characters. Gable and his…