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…
Murder, She Wrote
One of the longest-running of a number of TV series in the 1980s geared toward older audiences, this one was a showcase for Angela Lansbury who had acted in two…
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…