Baron of Arizona, The

If there's one genre that I'll never tire of, it's con artist movies. I can't help but be pulled in by their clever hooks, complex plots, and cheerfully criminal spirits. Thus, it was only natural that I fell head over heels for The...

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Belle of the Yukon

You've seen the story a million times. Boy loves girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl. Belle of the Yukon (1944), is a lightweight MGM musical which tells the trite tale with great music, gorgeous costumes and a lively cast.

Ben Hur

Ben-Hur, one of the most ambitious epics ever filmed, earned an impressive 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director (William Wyler) and Best Actor (Charlton Heston). The film has been hailed for many aspects - its grand size, incredi...

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Big Trail, The

The Big Trail (1930) was John Wayne's 19th film - although some of those films were uncreditied - and in it he landed his first leading-man role. The 70mm screen print is impressive, even with its flaws. One of the first talkies, the sound in T...

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Black Friday

Black Friday (1940) is one of the odder entries in Universal's thriller canon. The film blends together a gangster drama with a mad scientist story, creating a tale of revenge with just a tinge of the weird and supernatural added, perhaps to ba...

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Blue Hawaii

What can you say about almost any of Elvis Presley's movies other than they contained Elvis himself and his electrifying crooning voice that made complete idiots out of normal teenage girls. Blue Hawaii (1961), his eighth film, is no different....

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Blume In Love

LACKS AN INTERESTING STORY - The 1973 Blume in Love is about a divorce lawyer who faces his own worst nightmare when he must draw up his own divorce papers. With its tagline, "A love story for guys who cheat on their wives," and th...

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Boomerang

Love him or hate him for his politics, there's no denying that Elia Kazan could make one heck of a film. Pictures like On the Waterfront and A Streetcar Named Desire remain as true classics. One of his earliest films is 1947's Boomerang, st...

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Brigadoon

Brigadoon (1954) embodies the movie's theme of enchantment from the very first shot. The way the scene is masterfully lit by cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg is beautifully enhanced. The sun slowly moves over elements of the sleepy town of Br...

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Bunny Lake Is Missing

There's hardly a more powerful force than a mother's love for her child. But what if there isn't a real child and the supposedly mother is somewhat cuckoo? This corker of a premise serves as the backbone for director Otto Preminger'...

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