Cocoon: The Return (1988)
[5] The old folks who left Earth in a UFO at the end of Cocoon are back for an unnecessary sequel that retreads the first film in so many ways, it's shameful. The entire cast and composer James Horner return…
*batteries not included (1987)
[7] The five tenants of an old building in New York are threatened by a land developer demolishing buildings all around them. Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy star as an elderly couple trying to keep the building's storefront café in…
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
[8] Teresa Wright (Mrs. Miniver) plays a bored teenager who's over-joyed when her favorite Uncle (The Third Man's Joseph Cotton) comes to stay with her family. But the warmth of family reunion soon gives way to cold suspicion when Cotton…
Cleopatra (1963)
[3] Elizabeth Taylor plays the powerful and sexy Egyptian queen who fends off Roman conquest while falling in love with its leaders -- first Rex Harrison's Caesar, and then Richard Burton's Antony. First I'll be nice to Cleopatra. The sets…
Cocoon (1985)
[7] Ron Howard (Splash, A Beautiful Mind) directs this sweet story about a group of nursing home residents who discover a 'fountain of youth' in a nearby pool. Turns out, though, that the pool's power is extra-terrestrial. Soon the old…
People Will Talk (1951)
[6] Cary Grant stars as Dr. Noah Praetorius, a well-meaning doctor and professor who falls for a troubled young woman (Jeanne Crain) while simultaneously dodging a jealous colleague's (Hume Cronyn) perpetual witch hunt. People Will Talk is sweet if you…