The Rains Came (1939)
[5] Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power, and George Brent star in this drama set in 1938 British India. Loy plays the bored wife of an aristocrat who begins flirting with two different men to spice up her life: Power, as a…
Under Capricorn (1949)
[3] In one of the lesser offerings from director Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Wilding plays a Brit visiting colonial Australia. To the dismay of his uncle (Cecil Parker), the new governor of the colony, Wilding's character gets caught up in the…
The Scarlet Letter (1995)
[9] I know, I know. How on Earth can I love a heinous piece of trash like The Scarlet Letter? Well, I confess it's a bit of a guilty pleasure. But I'll also try to defend a movie that's not…
Excalibur (1981)
[9] Director John Boorman (Deliverance, Zardoz) mounts an ambitious pastiche of the entire Arthurian legend with Excalibur. Nigel Terry plays King Arthur from his naïve youth to his death and departure for Avalon, guided nearly every step of the way…
Union Pacific (1939)
[8] Director Cecil B. DeMille sets a love triangle against America's efforts to create the trans-continental railroad in Union Pacific. Barbara Stanwyck (Double Indemnity) gets top billing as the Irish daughter of the engineer in charge of building the railroad.…
Born Yesterday (1950)
[7] Judy Holliday picked up the Best Actress Oscar playing a rough-around-the-edges ex-showgirl in Born Yesterday. Broderick Crawford co-stars as her surly boyfriend, a garbage tycoon schmoozing for favor in Congress. He hires a reluctant journalist (William Holden) to help…
The Stunt Man (1980)
[9] Steve Railsback (Lifeforce, The X-Files) stars as a fugitive who stumbles onto a motion picture set and gets hired as a stunt performer. As long as he's working, the film's director agrees to hide him from the law. The…
The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)
[6] Hollywood's quintessential skank, Jane Russell (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), stars as a San Francisco prostitute fleeing to Honolulu during the dawn of World War II to make a new life of fortune. On the ship to the islands, she falls…
Magic Mike’s Last Dance (2023)
[4] The third time's a disappointment with Magic Mike's Last Dance, the conclusion of Channing Tatum's adventures as a lovable Floridian stripper. The first Magic Mike, directed by Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Sex Lies and Videotape), was a lot of fun,…
These Are the Damned (1962)
[6] Here's a weird offering from Britain's Hammer Films that's so surprising and bewildering, you might overlook its shortcomings. In England, an American tourist (Macdonald Carey) is picked up by a young woman (Shirley Anne Field) who lures him into…