Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) From Here to Eternity (1953): Dir. Fred Zinnemann. Written by: Daniel Taradash. Based upon the novel of the same name by James Jones. Starring: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah […]
Rating: 2 stars (out of 4) The Greatest Show on Earth (1952): Dir. Cecil B. DeMille. Written by: Fredric M. Frank, Barré Lyndon, Theodore St. John, and Jack Garris, from a story by Frank, St. […]
Rating: 2 stars (out of 4) An American in Paris (1951): Directed by: Vincente Minnelli and Gene Kelly. Written by: Alan Jay Lerner. Lyrics by: Ira Gershwin. Music by: George Gershwin. Starring: Gene Kelly, Leslie […]
Rating: 4 stars (out of 4) All About Eve (1950): Written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Based upon the short story “The Wisdom of Eve” by Mary Orr. Starring: Anne Baxter, Bette Davis, Celeste […]
Rating: 3½ stars (out of 4) Lincoln (2012): Dir. Steven Spielberg. Written by: Tony Kushner. Based upon the book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, […]
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) All the King’s Men (1949): Written and directed by Robert Rossen. Based upon the novel of the same name by Robert Penn Warren. Starring: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne […]
Rating: 3½ stars (out of 4) Seven Psychopaths (2012): Written and directed by Martin McDonagh. Starring: Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken, Woody Harrelson, and Abbie Cornish. Rated R for strong violence, bloody images, pervasive language, sexuality/nudity […]
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) Hamlet (1948): Dir. Laurence Olivier. Written by: William Shakespeare, with revisions by Olivier. Based upon the play of the same name by Shakespeare. Starring: Laurence Olivier, Basil Sydney, Eileen […]
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) Gentleman’s Agreement (1947): Dir. Elia Kazan. Written by: Moss Hart, with contributions by Kazan. Based upon the novel of the same name by Laura Z. Hobson. Starring: Gregory Peck, […]
Rating: 2½ stars (out of 4) The Best Years of Our Lives (1946): Dir. William Wyler. Written by: Robert E. Sherwood. Based upon the novella Glory for Me by MacKinlay Kantor. Starring: Fredric March, Dana […]