Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Eyes Wide Shut will be remembered as the legendary Stanley Kubrick’s final film, completed in his lifetime but released a few months after his death,…
The Omega Man (1971)
Boris Sagal’s The Omega Man is an adaptation of Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel I Am Legend with the screenplay by John William Corrington and Joyce…
Blood on the Moon (1948)
In the golden old days of Hollywood they made it good because they made it so damn believable. And that’s just what Robert Wise did…
Island in the Sky (1953)
It’s a John Wayne film but you don’t see him in cowboy pants and hat with a gun around his waist and a whip in…
13 Tzameti (2005)
Georgian filmmaker Géla Babluani wrote and directed 13 Tzameti (“Tzameti” also meaning “thirteen” in Georgian) as a dark thriller where the junction of character and…
The Killer (1989)
John Woo’s The Killer (1989) became a notable work in the action cinema of Hong Kong in the late 80s and in the west a…
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders (1988)
Two U.S. army veterans teamed up to commit a series of violent crimes in South Florida in 1985-86. Dick Lowry’s TV movie In the Line…
Airplane! (1980)
Seeing a commercial plane facing an emergency up at 30,000 feet gives viewers the chills. Not this one though! Airplane! by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker,…
Psychic Killer (1975)
Wrongfully convicted of murdering a doctor, Arnold Masters serves time at a mental institution until the real killer is caught and confesses to his crime.…
The Miracle of Marcelino (1955)
The original Spanish title Marcelino pan y vino (Marcelino bread and wine) accurately conveys the spirit of Ladislao Vajda’s 1955 faith drama The Miracle of…