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Gaslight (1944) Sara Hamilton Angela Lansbury makes a gem of her less important role. In less competent hands the role could easily have submerged itself into nothing. Lansbury gives it a cold unsympathetic deadliness that incongruously enough becomes comical at times.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
3/3
A Place in the Sun (1951) Sara Hamilton Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor and Shelley Winters illuminate their roles with an intensity of emotion, constantly in character, that never lets down to the fateful end.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
Out of the Past (1947) Elsa Branden Robert Mitchum dominates every scene. And Jane Greer effectively handles her role of wily female.
Posted Jan 09, 2026  Edit critic review
3/3
Alice in Wonderland (1951) Shadow Stage The music, soothing and lullaby-ish, is still not up to the “Snow White” score but Alice proves to be every little girl’s dream of the heroine she loves to read about.
Posted Jan 09, 2026  Edit critic review
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) Photoplay Staff Francis Lederer gives a really memorable performance. Dorothy Tree is also to be commended.
Posted Jan 06, 2026  Edit critic review
Born Yesterday (1950) Liza Wilson Judy, however, is the whole show.
Posted Oct 13, 2025  Edit critic review
The War of the Worlds (1953) Janet Graves A chiller that will have movie-goers nervously scanning the sky for flying saucers as they leave the theatre.
Posted Aug 06, 2025  Edit critic review
The Gold Rush (1925) Ivan St. Johns That it is a great development in the comedy field, or that it brings a new comedy era to the screen, certainly is not true. It is simply ten reels of very good Chaplin comedy, which ought to be good enough for anybody.
Posted Jun 24, 2025  Edit critic review
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979) Photoplay Staff Dribbles to your funny bone, with basketball's Dr. J. doing mighty fine in his screen debut.
Posted Sep 22, 2024  Edit critic review
A Spaceman in King Arthur's Court (1979) Photoplay Staff Loony family fun.
Posted Sep 22, 2024  Edit critic review
Sunburn (1979) Photoplay Staff Joan Collins is a knockout of a rival and Mssrs. Grodin and Carney give demonstrable proof that they are peerless comic actors indeed.
Posted Sep 22, 2024  Edit critic review
Defiance (1979) Photoplay Staff Vincent is one of the most dependable heroes around. Exciting, hard-hitting, even touching.
Posted Sep 22, 2024  Edit critic review
North Dallas Forty (1979) Photoplay Staff Nick Nolte emerges triumphant as Hollywood's most likely successor to Burt Reynolds's crown of macho comedy king. Mac Davis, the country singer, is more than all right, too.
Posted Sep 22, 2024  Edit critic review
Apocalypse Now (1979) Photoplay Staff Postponed often enough to be dubbed "Apocalypse Never," Coppola's film is as brilliant and controversial as Deer Hunter. Sheen, not Brando, takes acting honors, but it is the picture that will remain with you forever.
Posted Sep 22, 2024  Edit critic review
Jaws (1975) Marjorie Rosen If you think the disaster movie trend is finished, hold your breath... aside from "Juggernaut," Jaws is perhaps the best example of the genre so far.
Posted Jul 02, 2024  Edit critic review
Only Yesterday (1933) Shadow Stage A real star blazes forth in the cinema heavens this time, and no mistake! After seeing this simple, but intensely moving play, you'll always have a place on your movie-going program whenever Margaret Sullavan is billed!
Posted Apr 23, 2024  Edit critic review
The Mad Miss Manton (1938) Shadow Stage The dialogue is fresh and naughty; and the plot is so well turned you really will have trouble guessing whodunnit.
Posted Apr 22, 2024  Edit critic review
4/4
The Caine Mutiny (1954) Janet Graves Not so well-knit and forceful as From Here to Eternity, the picture still has plenty of punch.
Posted Apr 19, 2024  Edit critic review
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) Sara Hamilton A British riot.
Posted Apr 18, 2024  Edit critic review
Three Godfathers (1936) Shadow Stage Chester Morris is superb as the toughest of them, while Lewis Stone as the cultured "Doc" and Walter "Old Atrocity" Brennan as Gits are also excellent.
Posted Apr 17, 2024  Edit critic review
Queen of the Mob (1940) Shadow Stage Blanche Yurka turns in a wonderful performance as Ma. Ralph Bellamy and Jack Carson are excellent G-men.
Posted Apr 16, 2024  Edit critic review
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) Shadow Stage [The story is] exquisitely if a bit somberly told.
Posted Apr 16, 2024  Edit critic review
She Done Him Wrong (1933) Shadow Stage A brawly howl of a picture that for sheer first class spicy rough stuff, takes the cake.
Posted Apr 15, 2024  Edit critic review
Paths to Paradise (1925) Shadow Stage [A] comedy that proves to be a riot with laughs from beginning to end. This is a splendid crook comedy with the silk hat comedian, Raymond Griffith, and Betty Compson in the featured roles. As for Griffith -- each production marks a step forward.
Posted Apr 15, 2024  Edit critic review
White Heat (1949) Elsa Branden How tough can a guy get? If you really want to know, go see Jimmy Cagney in this grim gangster yarn.
Posted Apr 15, 2024  Edit critic review
Sabrina (1954) Shadow Stage A slender but sprightly comedy-romance gives Audrey Hepburn another chance to weave her unique spell.
Posted Mar 28, 2024  Edit critic review
The Big Heat (1953) Janet Graves Glenn Ford’s a police detective who leaves the force to fight a crime ring single-handed after the gang has murdered his wife. He gets unexpected help from Gloria Grahame, efficient as always in the role of a gunman’s mistreated girlfriend.
Posted Mar 28, 2024  Edit critic review
National Velvet (1944) Shadow Stage Here is a magnificent story with heart appeal, well directed, acted beyond the dreamed-of capabilities of the players and building heartbeat upon heartbeat to the climax.
Posted Mar 26, 2024  Edit critic review
4/4
The Searchers (1956) Janet Graves Reunited in the awesome scenes of Monument Valley, where they made Stagecoach, director John Ford and star John Wayne have turned out a Western with the solid feel of reality.
Posted Mar 25, 2024  Edit critic review
Westward the Women (1951) Sara Hamilton A powerful Western.
Posted Mar 08, 2024  Edit critic review
Sherlock, Jr. (1924) Shadow Stage This is by no means Keaton's most hilarious offering, but it is short, snappy and amusing. Comedies are like oases in a celluloid world, rare and refreshing, and you don't want to miss Buster with his immobile face and unique composure in his new setting.
Posted Feb 23, 2024  Edit critic review
The Sin of Nora Moran (1933) Shadow Stage The story is depressing and confusing.
Posted Feb 21, 2024  Edit critic review
Captain January (1924) Shadow Stage There are times when the little star with the shoe button eyes seems a bit too actory and lacking in spontaneity.
Posted Dec 21, 2023  Edit critic review
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918) Shadow Stage Rupert Julian impersonates this master-villain so successfully that his entrance is greeted with spontaneous hisses.
Posted Dec 05, 2023  Edit critic review
The Devil Dancer (1927) Shadow Stage The story in itself is commonplace, but the colorful settings, and the fine direction of Fred Niblo make the picture. The dancing performed by Gilda Gray and a group of ten girls in the picture certainly aids.
Posted Dec 05, 2023  Edit critic review
Moonraker (1979) Photoplay Staff Like the last Bond exercise, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker hits its stride by being silly and spectacular.
Posted Nov 16, 2023  Edit critic review
Manhattan (1979) Photoplay Staff Except for its striking black-and-white photography, Manhattan would seem a sequel to Annie Hall. Cast and content rate superlatives. A landmark film, destined to become a classic.
Posted Nov 16, 2023  Edit critic review
Alien (1979) Photoplay Staff Alien harks back to the "old haunted house" or "the creature is loose" category and within that scary context, it delivers -- superbly.
Posted Nov 16, 2023  Edit critic review
State Fair (1933) Shadow Stage All in all, beyond question, here's superb entertainment for the whole family.
Posted Nov 10, 2023  Edit critic review
3/4
The Lone Ranger (1956) Janet Graves Bonita Granville draws sympathy as Bettger’s gentle, ill-treated wife, and Perry Lopez shows appeal in too short a role.
Posted Nov 09, 2023  Edit critic review
Bringing Up Baby (1938) Shadow Stage It is so funny, from first to last reel, that you will ache with laughter.
Posted Jul 25, 2023  Edit critic review
Weddings and Babies (1958) Shadow Stage It’s the photography -- never slick or flattering -- that brings us close to these people, to see how human beings can be funny and sad, lovable and irritating, all at once.
Posted Jul 25, 2023  Edit critic review
Grand Hotel (1932) Shadow Stage You may argue about who deserves the most praise and not get anywhere, for the picture, as a whole, steals the show. It is produced on a scale of grandeur that the stage couldn't touch.
Posted Jun 06, 2023  Edit critic review
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) Shadow Stage The story... is necessarily slow in tempo, but absorbing, and helps to make logical the melodramatic events.
Posted Apr 24, 2023  Edit critic review
Mickey (1918) Julian Johnson Whether she is falling down a well, leaping through an upper window in a ball gown or visiting New York [Mabel Normand] is startling, vivacious, girlish, and always funny.
Posted Mar 23, 2023  Edit critic review
The Black Pirate (1926) Shadow Stage The plot? What do you care about that? It's all about pirates, with Doug, single-handed, capturing a huge galleon to prove he's a good pirate himself. Imagine that!
Posted Mar 22, 2023  Edit critic review
The Devil Horse (1926) Shadow Stage The entire picture is thrilling. The human characters are perfect in their roles, but the laurel wreath rests easily on the tousled head of Rex.
Posted Mar 21, 2023  Edit critic review
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) Janet Graves Two dazzling personalities give humor and bounce to a ramshackle bit of tuneful foolery.
Posted Mar 08, 2023  Edit critic review
4/4
Sayonara (1957) Janet Graves In a powerful, visually beautiful drama concerned with the emotion of love across racial barriers, Marlon Brando is as compelling as ever.
Posted Mar 02, 2023  Edit critic review
Flower Drum Song (1961) Janet Graves Gorgeous big production of a light romantic fable.
Posted Feb 28, 2023  Edit critic review
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