Othello (1965)

Othello (1965)

Iago (Frank Finlay), enraged that Cassio (Derek Jacobi) has been promoted instead of himself, vows revenge upon his commander, Othello the Moor (Laurence Olivier), as well as Cassio. Othello has recently married the beautiful, young Desdemona (Maggie Smith), much to the regret of the foolish Roderigo (Robert Lang), who wanted her for himself. Iago and Roderigo stir

Othello (1995)

Othello (1995)

Iago (Kenneth Branagh), seeped in hatred for his commander, Othello (Laurence Fishburne), vows to destroy him and fellow officer Cassio (Nathaniel Parker). Othello has recently married the beautiful, young Desdemona (Irène Jacob), much to the regret of the foolish Roderigo (Michael Maloney), who wanted her for himself. Iago uses Roderigo in his plot to disgrace Cassio,

The Others (2001)

The Others (2001)

Grace (Nicole Kidman) and her two children live in a secluded, always darkened house which may be haunted. The arrival of three mysterious servants mark an increase in ghostly activity, and indicate that there is a secret that Grace is not ready to hear. Quick Review: There is no questioning the skill of everyone who worked

Pal Joey (1957)

Pal Joey (1957)

Joey Evans (Frank Sinatra), a low-rent lounge singer and lady killer recently kicked out of town for playing with the mayor’s underaged daughter, connives his way into a nightclub gig.  After working his way through the chorus line, he hits on Linda English (Kim Novak), the “nice girl” who is resistant to his charms.  He

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

Young Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) travels with her fragile and pregnant mother (Ariadna Gil) to the outpost of her new stepfather (Sergi López), a fascist captain entrusted with exterminating the remaining “rebels” hiding in the hills in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War.  Confronted by the cruelty of the world, Ofelia finds temporary refuge in

To Paris with Love (1955)

To Paris with Love (1955)

Widower Col. Sir Edgar Fraser (Alec Guinness) and his twenty-something son travel to Paris where each tries to match the other with a beautiful woman. But they fall for their own choices, setting up two May to December romances that are doomed to fail. Complicating matters, the younger girl already has a fervent admirer. Well, this is

Path of Destruction (2005)

Path of Destruction (2005)

A cloud of nanobots escape from an oil platform controlled by corrupt businessman, Roy Stark (David Keith), and floats with a storm, devouring everything it touches.  Blamed for the destruction of the platform as an eco-terrorist, ex-reporter Katherine Stern (Danica McKellar) seeks out theoretical climatologist Nathan McCain (Chris Pratt) to help clear her name and

Paycheck (2003)

Paycheck (2003)

Michael Jennings (Ben Affleck) is a high priced computer engineer who takes questionable jobs and then has his memory erased.  After one such job, with three years of memories gone, he finds that he signed away his paycheck and sent himself nineteen worthless objects.  Also, he is wanted by the police.  Something went terribly wrong

The People That Time Forgot (1977)

The People That Time Forgot (1977)

Major Ben McBride (Patrick Wayne), outspoken newswoman Lady Charlotte Cunningham (Sarah Douglas), drunken comic relief mechanic Hogan (Shane Rimmer), and excentric scientist Dr. Edwin Norfolk (Thorley Walters) hitch a ride with the British navy to rescue Bowen Tyler (Doug McClure), who was stuck on a dinosaur-filled lost continent at the end of The Land that

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw), born in the slums of 18th century France, has a super-human ability to detect and distinguish scents. His accidental killing of a maiden leads him on a quest to preserve all smells. After studying with an out-of-vogue perfume maker (Dustin Hoffman), Grenouille attempts to make the perfect perfume from the essences of

Pet Sematary (1989)

Pet Sematary (1989)

Dr. Louis Creed (Dale Midkiff), his wife (Denise Crosby), and their children move to rural Maine where his new neighbor, Jud Crandall (Fred Gwynne), tells Louis about the ancient Indian burial ground that brings the dead back to life. Quick Review: Video director Mary Lambert decides the way to go with this Stephen King adaptation

The Phantom of the Opera (1962)

The Phantom of the Opera (1962)

A new opera, composed by insufferable Lord Ambrose d’Arcy (Michael Gough), is disrupted by a masked “Phantom” (Herbert Lom) and his psychotic, mute dwarf (Ian Wilson).  Opera company producer Harry Hunter (Edward de Souza) is less interested in the disruptions than in the star, Christine Charles (Heather Sears), but she has also caught the eye