The Grinch

As the Grinch prepares to sabotage Christmas celebrations in Whoville, six-year-old Cindy Lou needs to have a serious talk with Santa. A huge box-office success, this take on the Dr.…

Gaslight: Marriage of Delusion

Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman. Photo: MGM It isn’t often that the title of a movie gives rise to a new verb, but Gaslight did. When we say that someone’s…

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Perhaps a certain fatigue was setting in at the time of the premiere, only a few years after another Jesus epic, King of Kings (1961). This one was targeted by…

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

During the London Blitz, three children are evacuated to a small village where they’re staying with the eccentric Eglantine Price (Angela Lansbury), a woman who turns out to be a…

Glass Onion

Tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) invites a group of friends over to a Greek island for a murder mystery game where he will play the victim; also present is…

Mary Poppins Returns

Two decades after the events of the first film, a now grown up Michael (Ben Whishaw) and his three children risk losing their home; then, Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt) returns.  54…

Death on the Nile 

While traveling on the Nile on board the riverboat Karnak, Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) passes time solving the murder of a young, female passenger. Meticulously staged in terms of costumes…

Beauty and the Beast: Ready for Broadway

Photo: Disney One of Disney's most popular films is dedicated to the memory of Howard Ashman. The lyricist died of AIDS the same year as Beauty and the Beast was…