Family Friendly Movies

Craig Hill, Paula Raymond, Dayton Lummis

The Flight that Disappeared

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January 21, 2016February 17, 2022

The Flight that Disappeared (1961) starring Craig Hill, Paula Raymond, Dayton Lummis

Some people have described The Flight that Disappeared as being like an episode of the Twilight Zone. And that’s somewhat accurate, although it’s more than that. For example, unlike the relatively short Twilight Zone episodes, The Flight that Disappeared actually takes time to flesh out the secondary characters, so that the audience can care about them. For example, on board the propeller-driven airplane, this is the captain’s final flight. He’s going to be flying jets in the future. In the same way, his second in command is going to be promoted, and marry one of the stewardesses. And these are the secondary characters …

Scared to Death

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January 18, 2016June 12, 2022

Scared to Death (1947) starring Bela Lugosi, George Zucco, Nat Pendleton, Douglas Fowley

Scared to Death is primarily remembered as the answer to a trivia question. What is the only color film with Bela Lugosi in a starring role? And sadly, that’s all it deserves to be remembered for. It’s a good example of a waste of a perfectly good cast.

Starflight One

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January 17, 2016June 22, 2022

Starflight One (1983) starring Lee Majors, Hal Linden, Lauren Hutton, Ray Milland

The celebrity-laden Starflight One, aka. Starflight: the Plane that Couldn’t Land, was the last of the disaster movies. Only with a bit of science fiction thrown in. The basic story has the first hypersonic transport being prepared for a media-covered inaugural flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia, a planned two-hour flight. The passengers and crew, as is normal for these types of movies, bring their own baggage, and we’re not talking luggage:

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January 16, 2016July 29, 2023

Enemy of the State (1998), starring Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight

Enemy of the State is a frightening movie. An out-of-control government tracks our every move. They listen to our phone calls, read our emails, and track our movements by tracking retail purchases. Not to mention looking at us through surveillance cameras. What’s truly frightening is that, from the time this movie was made to the present … The government is now admitting that yes, all of those things are being done … For our “protection”, of course.

Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

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January 11, 2016March 8, 2024

Around the World in 80 Days 1959 version starring David Niven and Mexican clown Cantinflas, with dozens of cameo appearances by various celebrities

Konga

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January 9, 2016June 10, 2023

Konga (1961) starring Michael Gough, Margo Johns

In Konga – a doctor returns from Uganda with a carnivorous plant that he can use to enlarge animals – Konga, the chimpanzee, that he turns into a gorilla — and his own personal tool for murder.

Destination Moon

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January 6, 2016February 1, 2022

Destination Moon (1950), starring John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson, based on a script by Robert Heinlein

Although I’d heard of Destination Moon years ago, I only saw it for the first time last night. It was enjoyable, but with a strange feeling of nostalgia. Released in 1950, it was an attempt at a look into the future — man’s first landing on the moon.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

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January 6, 2016May 6, 2024

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005), starring Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Sam Rockwell, Zooey Deschanel

Here’s the absolutely hysterical, wonderfully wild, cosmic adventure comedy THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY. Based on Douglas Adams’ worldwide best-selling novel, and starring an outrageous intergalactic cast. This is one ride you don’t want to miss. Seconds before Earth is destroyed to make way for a new hyperspace express route, mild-mannered Arthur Dent is whisked into space by his best friend. He’s an alien posing as an out-of-work actor. And so the misadventures begin. He and fellow travelers, including the cool but dim-witted President of the Galaxy, the Earth girl Trillian, and Marvin the paranoid android, search for answers to the mystery of Life, the Universe, and Everything.

John Carpenter’s Vampires

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January 6, 2016January 31, 2022

John Carpenter’s Vampires (1998) starring James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith, Maximilian Schell

“These Catholic priests sure cuss a lot.”

Laura

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January 4, 2016November 25, 2023

Laura (1944) starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price

Laura - with Gene Tierney as the title character

Laura is a different kind of murder mystery; it begins with the title character, Laura Hunt (played by Gene Tierney) having been murdered, and Detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) investigating her death — and life.