Reviews

Mann, who wrote the screenplay for 1961 Best Picture nominee Judgement at Nuremberg opens the story with us watching Reuben's arrival at the school, then moves to the hiring of Jean and her connection to Reuben and when we find out that Clark doesn't want Jean contacting Reuben's mom, the story the...

Highlights included "Be a Ladies Man", a ditty extolling the joys of being big man on campus that featured Lawford and a very early film appearance by the Velvet Fog, Mel Torme; "Lucky in Love", a group number at a party featuring Allyson and Torme; "The Best Things in Life are Free" performed by A...

I didn't think anything fresh could be brought to this story that has already been brought to the screen in 1937, 1954, and 1976 but Bradley Cooper has scored a major triumph with his 2018 re-thinking of A Star is Born that takes this story back to its essence...a love story, pure and simple.

This film was not nearly as good as the Arnaz' previous film together The Long Long Trailer and I think a lot of the problems lie in Helen Deutsch's screenplay that tries to be a little more sophisticated than what we're used to from Lucy and Desi.

Gilda's story does feature some narration from the star herself and the rest of the narration is pretty much onscreen, utilizing a journal of Gilda's as a hook and having stars like Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy, and Bill Hader reading from it.

The story follows the typical biopic route as red meets and marries a pretty band singer (Barbara Bel Geddes) who supports Red's passion in pursuing the career he wants, which finds Red playing with people like Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, and Artie Shaw, but eventually Red forms his own ba...

There are some fantasy touches that Judge brings to the story that don't always work, but I think that's because never commits completely to whether or not this story if a farce or a straight story, but it does deliver the laughs during the waffling.

The Oscar-nominated screenplay by Bridges, Mike Gray, and TS Cook seamlessly blends a story of the dangers of nuclear power with stories of towing the corporate line as well as the story of a television reporter who wants to be taken more seriously and creates one story rich with nail-biting tension...

This movie is the film version of a play written by the late Joseph Bologna and his wife, Renee Taylor that is mounted by director Cy Howard in the form of vignettes, little scenes from this marriage where even though it is Mike and Susan's wedding is the hook upon which the story unfolds, the unfol...

I loved the terrific songs that were utilized in this musical, most of which were not written for this film, but that's OK.