Latest movie review: A Man for all Seasons
Sir Thomas More has a strong set of personal values. He’s also a politician, and the two don’t necessarily mix. When Henry VIII decides he needs to trade his wife in on a newer model, the pope won’t grant him an annulment. And when the very Catholic Sir Thomas doesn’t back his friend the king, he finds himself taking arms against a sea of troubles.
Latest movie review: The Sound of Music
Maria is in training to be a nun. And as enthusiastic as she is, she seems like she’d make a really bad nun…what with all the bursting into song and dancing and falling in love and other tomfoolery. Fortunately, there’s a surly sea captain with seven kids who just might pry her away from the abbey, assuming the children like her and he doesn’t marry the duchess and the Germans don’t invade…
New movie review: My Fair Lady
Professor Henry Higgins is content to live alone (with servants, who obviously don’t count) as a confirmed bachelor. When he agrees to a bet that involves teaching a lower-class flower girl to behave herself among the aristocracy, he may get more than he bargained for. But…what the heck happened to Freddy?
New movie review: Tom Jones
Poor Tom Jones was born without a mother or a father (don’t ask). He’s taken in by a rich British squire and (sort of) raised as part of the family. As he grows older and better looking, he meets ladies. Lots of ladies. But just one he loves. Can he stop fooling around with all the others long enough to woo the important one?
New movie review: Lawrence of Arabia
T.E. Lawrence is not to be trifled with. Although he comes off as an academic and a bit of a dandy, he unites the Arab tribes and leads them on a rampage against the invading Turks. Can the British government make good use of his particular talents without losing control of the situation?
New movie review: West Side Story
Tony and Maria are two young lovers living on the West Side of New York City. Like so many young lovers before them, their backgrounds may tear them apart before they’ve even begun. Is there anything they can do to avoid a fate that is nothing short of Shakespearean?
New movie review: The Apartment
Welcome to the world of C.C. Baxter, a young cog in the machine that is Consolidated Life of New York. He doesn’t spend much time at home, mostly because everyone else at his company is borrowing his place to cheat on their wives. But when the girl he loves is invited over for a tryst, he starts to wonder if the whole thing is such a good idea.
New movie review: Ben-Hur
Judah Ben-Hur is a Jewish prince during the time of Christ. His childhood friend Messala is the new leader of the Roman garrison in Jerusalem. There are two directions this can go and one of them would be incredibly boring, so when Messala has the Ben-Hur family arrested on false charges, the normally pacifistic Judah vows his revenge. As a backdrop to all of this, the story of Jesus begins to play out…
New movie review: Gigi
By all accounts, Gigi is a young girl who should be studying and playing with her friends. But over the course of just a few weeks, she’ll grow up, fall in love, learn to drink, become disillusioned by her social environment, and probably get married. Can the fact that it’s all set to a series of merry tunes cover up the fact that it’s actually kind of creepy?
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