There have been many directors who encountered problems in production. Alfred Hitchcock and Victor Fleming are notable among them. James Cameron gets on the list. He overcame them on the set of Aliens. He was a young hotshot director, fresh off the success of The Terminator. He made it on a shoestring budget and it […]

There are many things that could explain genius. It is used sometimes used too often, when it comes to movies. Alfred Hitchcock’s name is used frequently. There is a reason. It applies to how he used a camera, among other things. One outstanding feature of a genius is the ability to overcome obstacles. Hitchcock was

Charlton Heston was a classic American actor for decades. He became the king of epic films. He may easily have become a struggling actor. That never happened because of his contemporary, Burt Lancaster. He was considered a more marketable star than Heston. The producers wanted him for Ben-Hur. Lancaster turned downed the role. It was

What do you get when you put together a cast that includes Harrison Ford, an accomplished British television actress and a world renowned stage actor? Phoebe-Waller-Bridge and Basil Shaw with the movie icon, should be a thoroughly gripping and entertaining film. The fifth entry in the Indiana Jones film series; Dial of Destiny misses the

Jennifer Aniston is known as a television star. This being due to her role as Rachel Greene on Friends. She, like most actresses had other acting jobs before becoming successful. Her very first film appearance came with her role as Tory in Leprechaun. She rarely puts it at the top of her movie roles. Although

There are so many movies about Christmas. They have to be categorized. There are the ones everyone watches, Its a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol and Miracle on 34th St. Others aren’t known as well. Come to the Stable and Miracle of the Bells, come to mind. There are others like Christmas in Paradise, that

There are countless movies depicting men in war. A Midnight Clear is such a film. It stars Ethan Hawke as Sgt. Will Knott. He commands a small patrol of soldiers. Their mission is to set up an abandoned house, to observe movements of the German army in late 1944. The patrol encounters a small band

One of the most popular movie genres of the 1930’s was the screwball comedy. There were such gems as It Happened One Night, My Man Godfrey and Bringing Up Baby. Nothing Sacred shouldn’t be compared with these. It is a disappointment, from one of the groundbreaking director’s William Wellman. He directed the gangster film Public

Many stars have their movie that makes them a star. John Wayne had Stagecoach, Clark Gable had It Happened One Night and Harrison Ford had Raiders of the Lost Ark. Rudolph Valentino had his with The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. This film made him America’s first movie star. His star shone brightly and briefly.