Cape Fear
When he’s released after serving 14 years in prison for rape and battery, Max Cady (Robert De Niro) looks up his former attorney, Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte), hoping to exact…
Cape Fear: Cady Comes to Town
Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum. Photo: Universal When I was 15, one of the coolest movies to open in theaters was Martin Scorsese’s Cape Fear, a thriller that seemed to…
Spellbound
Anthony Edwardes (Gregory Peck) arrives at a Vermont mental hospital as its new director; dr. Constance Peterson (Ingrid Bergman) falls in love with him, but he turns out to be…
Highlights from 94 Years of Oscars
The first Academy Awards were handed out back in 1929. The “show” looked decidedly different then – it was in fact a dinner, the ceremony itself took 15 minutes and…
Gentleman’s Agreement: Walk in My Shoes
Dorothy McGuire, Gregory Peck and John Garfield. Photo: 20th Century Fox This film caused quite a stir on its arrival, but ended up winning an Oscar for Best Picture. Still,…
Guns of Navarone: Mission Impossible
Anthony Quinn, Anthony Quayle and Gregory Peck. Photo: Columbia I loved this movie when I was a kid. I had good taste. Some of the cherished childhood memories one chooses…
The Omen: Arrival of the Antichrist
Lee Remick. Photo: 20th Century Fox In 1973, The Exorcist had been a tremendous hit and came to spawn copies throughout the 1970s. The most successful of these diabolical films…