Which are the best courtroom movies? Guest blogger Rick29 loves a good courtroom drama. There’s so much natural tension in a trial… they just seem tailor-made for the cinema. See if you agree with his five favorites.
Read more →1950s Movies
Classic 1950s movie reviews, movie articles and information. Movie reviews from classic movies from 1950 to 1959, the Golden Age of Hollywood.
A Reader Shares His Thoughts on His Favorite Films
MovieFanFare reader Bill Dunphy presents an overview of his most-loved films, including Jack Benny in The Horn Blows at Midnight, John Garfield in Pride of the Marines, and Summer of ’42 in today’s guest post.
Read more →The Houston Story (1956): Classic Movie Review
Guest blogger Melanie Simone presents a look back at William Castle’s 1956 crime drama The Houston Story starring Gene Barry, Barbara Hale.
Read more →It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955): A Horror Movie Review
It Came from Beneath the Sea Movie Review Over the last couple of years I’ve gradually been overcoming my lifelong aversion to science-fiction films by watching some of the classics of the genre. In 2011 I saw both War of…
Read more →Vertigo Ghosts Still Haunt
I’ve been haunted for the past fifty years. Not by the ghouls and goblins, or by the monsters and miscreations of the Halloween season. No, I’ve been haunted by a motion picture that I first saw as a young teen…
Read more →Five Nifty Fifties Flicks from the Columbia Pictures Vaults
The folks at Sony Pictures Home Video Entertainment have been digging into their vast library of films from Columbia Pictures and have released some titles not often seen Wyoming Renegades (1955) The World Was His Jury (1958) The Solid Gold…
Read more →Robert Mitchum: Max Cady vs. Harry Powell
One actor. Two film roles. You tell us which portrayal was the best. The most memorable. Or iconic. Or simply your favorite. But before you pass judgment, a few words defending the “character” of each…
Read more →Touch of Evil (1958): Movie Review
The camera focuses in on what is a homemade time bomb. An unidentified young man carries it to a car, placing it inside the trunk. Unknowingly, an American with his bimbo girlfriend gets into the car and drives off. The…
Read more →Stage Fright (1950): Hitchcock A Classic Movie Review
Stage Fright (1950) Alfred Hitchcock Spoiler Alert: The following review reveals the film’s ending. As the film that preceded Alfred Hitchcock’s “comeback” classic Strangers on a Train, Stage Fright (1950) is typically glossed over in the famed director’s filmography. While…
Read more →The Big Combo (1955): Movie Review
The Big Combo (1955): Movie Review Sexually and sadistically charged, The Big Combo is a paradigm for what can be accomplished with spare change filmmaking. This film, and the earlier work Gun Crazy (1950) are director Joseph H. Lewis’ masterpieces….
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