Seven Popular Suggestions For An Astounding Film To Enjoy Today

By Von Horne

Dissimilar genres of movies appeal to dissimilar people. There are always those who love a good horror movie and despise a good chick flick but usually there are some films that we like and others that we despise no matter the genre. The great thing about the movie entertainment business is that they always offer up something that appeals to everybody. Some good information about some of the greatest movies that you may have never heard of is right here. Enjoy this list of films that are "oldies but goodies".

In 1999 Doug's First Movie from the celebrity of Television's Doug is characterized in this bland, formulaic story, made exclusively for kids. Easy going preteen Doug tries to show mercy to an animal in need clash with his aspiration to take his girl friend to the school dance. This film was designed as a direct-to-video production. Voices of Thomas McHugh, Fred Newman, Chris Phillips, Constance Shulman, Doug Preis, and Alice Playten.

The Meteor Man from 1993. Townsend plays a tentative, nerdy school teacher with a dread of heights who gets hit by an peculiar bright green meteor that turns him into a superhero. Great "Superman in the Hood" story, bursting of good values, but very few truly humorous moments. Cast includes Robert Townsend, Marla Gibbs, Eddie Griffin, Robert Guillaume, James Earl Jones, Roy Fegan, and Bill Cosby.

Happy Gilmore, hockey player Happy Gilmore finds his slap shot power translates into 400 yard plus drives in golf. Needing money to help his grandma save her home, he is going to try pro golf. His putting is as awful as his driving is good, so he has a lot to learn. Overcoming all odds, Happy wins the tour championship and now can save grandma's home.

The Sentinel from 1977. Easy however mindless shocker in reference to N. Y.C. fashion model, who rents a house in Brooklyn, discovers it is filled of demons and she is the next defender for the entrance to Hell. Cast includes Cristina Raines, Ava Gardner, Chris Sarandon, Burgess Meredith, Sylvia Miles, Jose Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy, John Carradine, Christopher Walken, Eli Wallach, Jerry Orbach, Jeff Goldblum, Beverly D' Angelo, Martin Balsam, William Hickey, and Tom Berenger. (93 minutes, 1977)

Each Dawn I Die from 1939. Reporter Cagney is framed, and sent to the penitentiary where he meets a dangerous inmate, Raft. There is excellent acting all around. Cagney hits a white-hot peak with his part, however the last half of movie gets to be outrageously far-fetched. Music score by Max Steiner. Cast includes James Cagney, George Raft, George Bancroft, Jane Bryan, Maxie Rosenbloom, Stanley Ridges, Louis Jean Heydt, Abner Biberman, John Wray, Victor Jory, and Thurston Chamber.

Ivan the Terrible, continuation of the story of King Ivan IV, in which he takes on the boyars in a clash for power. Remarkable dvd is just a shade underneath its predecessor, Restricted by Stalin due to controversial illustration of Ivan's secret patrol, and not released till 1958. Cast includes Nikolai Cherkassov; Serafima Birman, Mikhail Nazvanov, Pavel Kadochnikov, and Andrei Abrikosov.

Lilies of the Field from 1963 is a "small" film that made outstanding, triumphing Poitier an Oscar as handyman who helps to put up a chapel for Skala and German-talking nuns. Cast includes Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann, Isa Crino, and Stanley Adams. - 33386

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