9 Exquisite Motion Picture Summaries For Your Entertainment Pleasure

By Muriel Powers

Right here are some of the greatest films of all time. Pick one to see now! Ruby Gentry - Pompous, strolling account of simple-minded Southerner Jones wedding well-off Malden to spite Heston, the gentleman she loves Cast includes Jennifer Jones, Charlton Heston, Karl Malden, and Josephine Hutchinson. (82 minutes, 1952)

Aladdin - Disney's animated Arabian Days account is refined through the feeling of an old Warner Bros. animation, as Aladdin summons up a Genie who's exploding with chatter. Williams' side-splitting fast fire shtick forms the centerpiece of this otherwise conventional tale, colorfully (and tunefully) shown. Cast includes Voices of Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Frank Welker, Gilbert Gottfried, Douglas Seale and the harmonizing voices of Brad Kand and Lea Salonga. (90 minutes, 1992)

Forgetting Sarah Marshall - Here is a romantic comedy set in a scenic islands in Hawaii. After being dumped by his girlfriend Sarah, he at last decides to go to Hawaii to get over the loss. Unfortunately, when he goes to check in at the resort, the first person he sees is Sarah, and of course her new boyfriend.

Onionhead - A disorganized film with Griffith joining the Coast Guard in pre WW2 and becoming a ships chef. The motion picture attempts to be a comedy, a romance, and a drama at the same time and succeeds at none. Cast includes Andy Griffith, Felicia Farr, Walter Matthau, Erin O'Brien, Joe Mantell, Ray Danton, James Gregory, Joey Bishop, Roscoe Karns, Claude Akins, Peter Brown, and Tige Andrews. (110 minutes, 1958)

After Life - This is a brilliantly crafted story of case workers at a train station between the heavens who help the recently departed to pick a lone minute from their pasts to live within evermore. This is a peaceful, lyrical measure of life, death, and memory, filled with soft humor and blessedly free of some feel-good platitudes. Cast includes Aarata, Erika Oda, Susuma Terajirna, Taketoshi Naito, Kyoko Kagawa, Kei Tani, Takashi Naito, and Yusuke lseya. (118 minutes, 1998)

The Bourne Ultimatum - In the third film of the sequence, Jason Bourne is still being sought after by those who had educated him into the extreme assassin that he is. Having lost his memory when almost being killed, Bourne is retracing his past to try to understand who he was, and why everyone wants him dead. All his skills are put to the test, as the C.I.A. is unremitting in its effort to have him eliminated. Starring Matt Damon and Julia Stiles.

Barnyard - Animated craziness set on a farm where, after sundown, the animals turn the barn into a loud nightclub. James is Otis, a young cow who is very mature, much to the annoyance of his dad, Ben Elliott, who keeps watch for predatory coyotes when the others party. Dom Irrera stands out as Duke the Dog. Cast includes Courtney Cox, Sam Elliott, Danny Glover, Wanda Sykes, Andie MacDowell, David Koechner, and Laraine Newman. (90 minutes, 2006)

Borderline - Peculiar thriller comedy in which L.A. police officer Trevor tries to accumulate proof contrary to cunning drug smuggler Burr when mixing with hard gentleman MacMurray in Mexico. Starts out favorably, although eventually slows down in absurdity. Burr makes a lucid scoundrel.The cast includes Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr, Jose Torvay, Morris Ankrum, and Roy Roberts. (88 minutes, 1950)

The Iron Horse - Mythical, quiet film in reference to producing of the transcontinental railroad, entangled with expected human interest subplots engaging surveyor O'Brien, darling Bellamy, deserter Kohler, etc. Might appear ordinary this current day; however it's critical to note that this movie fashioned what later was identified as stereotypes. Cast includes George O'Brien, Cyril Chadwick, and Fred Kohler. Gladys Hulette, J. Farrell MacDonald. (119 minutes, 1924) - 29968

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