Wizard of Oz, The

Since 1939 The Wizard of Oz, adapted from L. Frank Baum's novel, has been a timeless classic entertaining both children and adults. The story of a small girl (Judy Garland) in Kansas who travels to Oz with her friends the Scarecrow (Ray Bolger)...

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World Is Not Enough, The

Few movies in the James Bond franchise pulled off as delicate a balancing act as did the 1999 The World Is Not Enough. Some of the movie series concentrated more on the escapist aspect while others emphasized the serious elements. Not many actually...

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A Christmas Carol

The 1938 A Christmas Carol is based on Charles Dickens' timeless tale, and although I find it one of the more interesting versions, I can not say it's one of the most entertaining of the films made from this classic story. Reginald Owen sta...

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A New Kind of Love

A New Kind of Love (1963) is a mindless comedy that is supposed to be funny, but isn't. Paul Newman and real life wife Joanne Woodward star in A New Kind of Love but there's no chemistry between them and even their strong acting skills can&...

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A Summer Place

A SUMMER ROMANCE SAGA - Romance, adultery and the drama of two teens falling in love even after discovering one of their parents had an affair with the other parent years before, all made the 1959 A Summer Place irresistible. Its beautiful a...

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After the Thin Man

After the Thin Man (1936) is the sequel to the series first film about detectives Nick and Nora Charles, The Thin Man. After the Thin Man stars William Powell as Nick and Myrna Loy as Nora, and of course, their famous dog, Asta. The story spins aro...

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All the Kings Men

Adapted from Robert Penn Warren's classic novel and loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana, All The King's Men (1949), remade in 2006, is about Willie Stark (Broderick Crawford), a county hick who wants his people to have what the...

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And Then There Were None

If Alfred Hitchcock is considered to be the Master of Suspense, then by all means should Agatha Christie be declared Mistress of the same arena. Her works of mystery have sparked countless stage and screen adaptations, one of the best-known being 1...

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Angels With Dirty Faces

 SENSATIONAL DRAMA, TERRIFIC THRILLS AND SUSPENSE! - Angels With Dirty Faces reminds us of what true classic gangster films were all about. James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart and Ann Sheridan star in Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) i...

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Another Time Another Place

"Another Time, Another Place" (1958) is not one of the most exciting classic films, unless of course, you are a fan of Sean Connery. This is one of his early films - his first being "Lilacs in the Spring" (1954).