Movie Recommendations

Too-grown-up Maureen O’Hara learns a lesson about faith in magic and the Christmas spirit from a Macy’s Santa claiming to be the real Kris Kringle.

Jodie Foster portrays FBI agent-in-training Clarice Starling, who must turn to an incarcerated psychopath (Anthony Hopkins) for help in tracing an elusive serial killer.

Victor von Frankenstein’s grandson Frederick has spent a lifetime denying his heritage…until he inherits Victor’s castle and research. One of Mel Brooks’s best.

One of Chaplin’s two or three best, and one of the top silent comedies. Classic scenes include the lonely dinner when his date stands him up and the shoe-eating routine.

Howard Hawks’ second-best western (after Red River) features an aging sheriff (John Wayne), a drunken ex-deputy (Dean Martin), a cool young gunslinger (teen idol Ricky Nelson), a gimpy old deputy (Walter Brennan), and a saloon girl (Angie Dickinson) trying to bring a cold-blooded killer to justice while his brother lays siege to the town. All…

Nebbish film lover Woody Allen tries to emulate Humphry Bogart after his wife divorces him. Woody and Diane Keaton’s first film together is a charming spin on Casablanca.

Though not the best Astaire-Rogers effort, Carefree offers enough fun moments to make the film worthwhile.

Michael Keaton pulls off a surprisingly good take on the Bruce Wayne/Batman split personality, and the tone as a whole is welcomely dark, not campy. A pity the obligatory romance falls so flat.

Slightly uneven Capra take on media cynicism and human redemption is nonetheless an entertaining and thought-provoking film.