In Bed with Santa 

Janne (Peter Haber) is horrified to learn that his girlfriend (Katarina Ewerlöf) invited all the men she has children with, and their families, for Christmas… and the dinner quickly goes…

Becket: The Bishop Who Found God

Richard Burton and Peter O’Toole. Photo: Paramount When I told a friend recently that I had just seen Becket and that Richard Burton plays the Archbishop of Canterbury, he quickly…

Raging Bull: Fists of Fury

Robert De Niro. Photo: United Artists Martin Scorsese doesn't really care about sports movies. The idea of making a film about Jake LaMotta would probably never have hit him were…

Breaking Dawn – Part 1

After finally walking down the aisle, Bella and Edward (Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson) go on a honeymoon that is abruptly interrupted when she falls critically ill... The fourth part of…

Hunt for Red October: Run Silent, Run Deep

Sean Connery. Photo: Paramount In 1988, Die Hard had been such a tremendous hit that a sequel was inevitable. The film's director, John McTiernan, was obviously considered for it. In…

How Green Was My Valley: The One That Beat Kane

Roddy MacDowall and Walter Pidgeon. Photo: 20th Century Fox Hollywood sure appreciated taking lessons from John Ford in all matters social realistic. He received an Academy Award for portraying the…

Captain America: The First Avenger 

In 1942, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), a skinny kid who keeps getting rejected for military service, is finally recruited for a special project that will turn him into a supersoldier.…

Nosferatu: Dracula? What Dracula?

Max Schreck. Photo: Image Entertainment If you're looking to create a good tagline for this classic horror movie, it would have to be "Banned in Sweden for 50 years!". The…

The Wiz 

Dorothy (Diana Ross), a 24-year-old Harlem teacher who's never been south of 125th Street, ends up in a fierce winter storm that takes her to a magical land – where…

Night of the Living Dead: I Am Zombie

Photo: Continental Distributing It started as a comedy called "Monster Flick" that had teenage aliens visiting Earth. But John Russo and George Romero, newcomers to the film business, soon developed…