Carnival worker Spencer Tracy lets no one–including girlfriend Claire Trevor–stop his climb up the ladder of success, only to fall into a hellish pit of his own making. Guest writer Kristen Lopez plumbs the depths of Fox’s 1935 allegorical melodrama Dante’s Inferno.
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Decades before zombies marched through Georgia on TV, a mechanical heart–based on a device co-designed by Charles Lindbergh–brought executed convict Boris Karloff back to life in The Waking Dead. Guest blogger Cliff Alpierti reviews the 1936 chiller.
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Robert Montgomery earned an Academy Award nomination playing a handyman whose charming demeanor hides a deadly secret in Night Must Fall. Guest writer The Nitrate Diva shines a light on his chilling turn in the 1937 suspense classic, which co-starred Rosalind Russell.
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To mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings, we’ve invited guest blogger The War Movie Buff to offer his take on 1962’s all-star WWII drama The Longest Day, an epic depiction of the Allied assault on occupied Europe
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Fresh out of rehab, Kym (Anne Hathaway) returns home for her sister’s wedding–and a stormy reunion with her family–in Rachel Getting Married. Guest writer Amanda-Marie Howard reviews the Oscar-nominated 2008 drama.
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It was 60 years ago that movie audiences in Japan–and, two years later, America–were introduced by a monstrous Atomic Age menace now known as Godzilla. Guest writer Sark compares and contrasts the original Japanese Gojira with its U.S. counterpart, Godzilla, King of the Monsters.
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Easy-going sailor Bing Crosby and snooty rich gal Carole Lombard are drawn together when a yacht sinking leaves them and their fellow passengers stranded on a remote island. Guest blogger Danny Reid sets sail with a review of the 1934 pre-Code Paramount comedy We’re Not Dressing.
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Cabbage Patch Dolls, leg warmers, Milli Vanilli: The 1980s had its share of scary items. But how do your movie memories compare to guest blogger Barry P.’s countdown of the 13 top horror film creatures from the Age of Reagan?
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With fine performances from Julie Andrews and James Garner and a Paddy Chayefsky script, 1964’s The Americanization of Emily blended WWII romance with an attack on war movie conventions. Guest blogger Kristen Lopez offers her take on this still-controversial MGM release.
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After starring on the big screen in everything from musicals to film noir, Dick Powell found further success on TV as producer/host/occasional star of Zane Grey Theatre. Guest blogger Caftan Woman reviews the award-winning frontier anthology drama.
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