Between the Lines (1977)
Synopsis: The fiercely independent staff members at a Boston newspaper go bananas after they find out that a major publishing company wants to buy the paper. Reaction & Thoughts: “All […]
Author Archives: Eric Binford
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)
Synopsis: In Victorian England, poetess Elizabeth “Ba” Barrett (Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette) falls in love with fellow poet Robert Browning (Bill Travers, Born Free), but they hide the […]
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
Synopsis: Sickly poetess Elizabeth Barrett (Norma Shearer, A Free Soul) meets and falls in love with fellow poet Robert Browning (Fredric March, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), which causes the […]
Road Games (1981)
Synopsis: In Australia, trucker Pat Quid (Stacy Keach, The Long Riders) teams up with a hitchhiker (Jamie Lee Curtis, Halloween) to capture a serial killer. Reaction & Thoughts: “… it’s […]
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)
Synopsis: A poor farm girl (Greta Garbo, Ninotchka) runs away from home and is rescued by worldly architect (Clark Gable, Gone with the Wind). They fall in love, but unforeseen […]
What Became of Jack and Jill? (1971)
Synopsis: Tired of taking care of his feeble grandmother (Mona Washbourne, My Fair Lady), a lazy bum (Paul Nicholas, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band) and his girlfriend (Vanessa Howard, […]
Foul Play (1978)
Synopsis: A klutzy librarian, Gloria Mundy (Goldie Hawn, Private Benjamin), inadvertently becomes involved in an elaborate assassination plot. Gloria is assisted by a snarky police detective, Tony Carlson (Chevy Chase, […]
No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
Synopsis: A deranged madman (Rod Steiger, In the Heat of the Night) begins murdering middle-aged women and it’s up to a stressed-out New York police detective (George Segal, Who’s Afraid of […]
The Malpaso Collection: Play Misty for Me (1971)
Synopsis: A radio DJ, Dave Garver (Clint Eastwood, Hang ‘Em High), has a one-night stand with a woman (Jessica Walter, The Flamingo Kid) who happens to be an ardent fan […]
The Malpaso Collection: The Beguiled (1971)
Synopsis: During the American Civil War, a wounded Yankee soldier (Clint Eastwood, Dirty Harry) is rescued by the staff and pupils of a Southern all-girls school. The soldier quickly tries […]
The Bette Davis Project: Where Love Has Gone (1964)
Synopsis: The teen daughter (Joey Heatherton, Twilight of Honor) of a famous sculptor (Susan Hayward, I Want to Live!), and granddaughter of a wealthy woman (Bette Davis), kills her mother’s […]
The Best of Everything (1959)
Synopsis: This is the story of three ambitious women working at a New York publishing company in the late 1950s. The young women deal with, among other things, love entanglements […]
