Hitchcock 

Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) is on top of his game, but when he decides to turn a real-life story about a deranged murderer who shared a bed with his dead…

Driving Miss Daisy: The Burden of an Oscar

Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy. Photo: Warner When people list the movies they feel did not deserve to win a Best Picture Oscar, this one often comes up. I agree.…

A Good Day to Die Hard 

When John McClane (Bruce Willis) learns that his son Jack (Jai Courtney) is facing prison in Russia, he goes to Moscow where he instantly lands smack in the middle of…

Force 10 From Navarone 

After the mission that destroyed the guns of Navarone, Keith Mallory and John Miller (Robert Shaw, Edward Fox) are asked to find a spy who may have infiltrated the Yugoslav…

Beasts of the Southern Wild

A huge storm is headed straight toward a Louisiana bayou community… and a five-year-old and her sick dad (Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry). Director Benh Zeitlin's first feature film became a…

Amour: In Sickness and in Health

Photo: Les Films du Losange Welcome to the ever-fascinating journey of the cinema of Michael Haneke. When I started writing this review I began by comparing the film with others…

Texas Chainsaw 3D

Heather Miller (Alexandra Daddario) finds out that not only did she have a grandmother she never heard of, but now she's also inherited her estate in Texas; however, the house…

Das Boot: Under Pressure

Photo: Bavaria Film On my last visit to New York City, I visited the Intrepid Museum and boarded USS Growler, the 1950s-era cruise missile submarine that is part of the…

Airplane: Felled by Fish

Leslie Nielsen and Robert Hays. Photo: Paramount "Our survival hinges on one thing – finding someone who not only can fly this plane, but didn't have fish for dinner." A…

It’s a Wonderful Life: Wing and a Prayer

Photo: RKO This Christmas I decided to catch Frank Capra's last masterpiece again. Having seen it several times before, I knew what to expect. It's a great story and I…