The Big Night (1951) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Joseph Losey’s The Big Night could well stand alongside Nicholas Ray’s Knock on Any Door and They Live by Night …
Based on Novel
The Fault in Our Stars (2014) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Films that start out with voiceovers telling you how this movie’s not going to be like other movies automatically place …
The Night Has Eyes (1942) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
In the 1940s, bombs were dropping on Britain and its gallant young men were doing their duty in khaki. Meanwhile, …
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1954) Movie Review & Film summary,Cast
Luis Buñuel’s repute as one of cinema’s mightiest talents rested for a long time on his outrageous early works, made …
Divergent (2014) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
A self-evident cash-in on the new wave of films based on slick, action-filled books aimed at readers still in high …
Quentin Durward (1955) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
aka The Adventures of Quentin Durward As the 1950s saw TV encroaching ever more deeply on cinema’s turf, Hollywood studios …
Word War Z (2013) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Perhaps the most expensive remake of Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010) anyone could ask for, Marc Forster’s big-budget zombie flick had …
Beautiful Creatures (2013) Movie Review, Cast & Crew, Film Summary
Witches could be the next big thing: Beautiful Creatures follows editions of the necromantic evil Queen in Snow White and The …
Ice Palace (1960) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Memories of would-be blockbusters and failed Oscar-bait past. Based on a late novel by the titan of pulpy epics, Edna …
Les Misérables (2012) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
The movie musical, like the western, is a film genre whose heyday seems long past. And yet it has suffered …
