In Julie, a disturbed and possessive husband confesses to his wife about a murder. The murder of her first husband. And he’ll stop at nothing, including murdering her, to keep her from leaving him.
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The Judge Steps Out is a surprisingly enjoyable drama. A probate court judge (Alexander Knox) is comfortable with his lot in life – but his wife isn’t. She’s far more worried about what “her friends will think” than about her husband. She’s focused on society and position, and their daughter’s upcoming marriage.
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In Woman’s World, the chairman of a large automobile maker is left to find a new second in command. Believing that an executive’s wife is crucial to her husband’s success he examines each of the men’s spouses to learn about the candidates through their relationships. Clifton Webb, June Allyson, Van Heflin, and Lauren Bacall star in this 1954 classic.
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In Midnight Lace, Doris Day portrays a rich young wife living in London who is the target of life-threatening phone calls and near-fatal accidents. Everyone becomes a potential murderer, including her debonair husband, an adoring next- door-neighbor, and a construction foreman working nearby.
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Shadowlands. This lavishly mounted adaptation of the play by William Nicholson tells the true story of a doomed love affair. Between novelist and noted Christian scholar C.S. Lewis and a Jewish-American poet. Anthony Hopkins stars as C.S. ‘Jack’ Lewis, an Oxford professor and successful author of the Chronicles of Narnia series of children’s fantasy novels. A confirmed bachelor, Jack’s existence is an inward life of the mind. Somewhat detached from the world, his only social outlet is evenings out at a local pub discussing philosophy and religion with his fellow lecturers. Jack has been corresponding with a bluntly intelligent American woman. She’s Joy Gresham (Debra Winger), who arrives to visit him, with her young son Douglas (Joseph Mazzello) in tow.
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The Cincinnati Kid is to poker what The Hustler was to pool, a fascinating suspense study of masters at work. Steve McQueen brings his cool fire to the role of Cincinnati Kid, a small-timer eager to take his chance in high-stakes poker. He gets his chance. Regal, ruthless, Lancey Howard (Edward G. Robinson), the elite gambler called the Man, accepts the Kids’s challenge. Norman Jewison (In the Heat of the Night, Moonstruck) directs this taut exploration of back-room gaming, building suspense with each turn of a card. Ann-Margaret, Karl Malden, Rip Torn, Joan Blondell round out a stellar cast.
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I’ve often said that Hollywood takes enormous liberties with biographies. That’s true in The Adventures of Mark Twain as well. But that doesn’t mean that it’s not a very enjoyable movie. It is, for a variety of reasons. It has a good pacing, interesting cinematography, and a compelling rags-to-riches story.
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Damnation Alley – In a post-apocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel and find other settlements in huge custom designed all-terrain vehicles.
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A look into the lives of several residents at a seaside hotel …. Where guest have their meals at separate tables. They all share one trait – loneliness. John Malcolm is a hard-drinking man, engaged to the hotel owner Pat Cooper. His life is turned upside down…, When a former love, Ann Shankland shows up after she hears of his engagement. She clearly wants him back. But he sees nothing positive that can result from renewing their relationship. Her narcissism masks a deep fear of growing old alone and unloved.
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The Whales of August – Summer in Maine: things are changing. Two elderly widowed sister share a seaside home there. Whales no longer pass close to the shore as they did during the youth. A home where they’ve summered for 50 years. Libby is blind, contrary, and seemingly getting ready to die. Sarah is attentive to her sister, worried about continuing to care for her, and half interested in an old Russian aristocrat who fishes from their shore. It’s the eve of Sarah’s 46th wedding anniversary. The Russian offers some fish he’s caught, Sarah invites him to dinner, and Libby gets her back up. Sarah wonders if it isn’t time to sell the place and find a home for Libby. What alternatives do old people have?
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