Drama
Rod Lott
With all its drama surrounding drinking, dalliances and draperies, Vincente Minnelli's "The Cobweb" is one seriously sudsy soap.

Thriller
Rod Lott
Although best-known as the creator of the enduring children's characters Willy Wonka, Fantastic Mr. Fox and James (he of "and the Giant Peach" fame), writer Roald Dahl more than dipped his toes in dar

Comedy
Rod Lott
There once was a time — 1961, to be exact — when every airplane taking off in the movies was branded TWA.

Thriller
Rod Lott
As far as gaslight-era whodunits go, I'll give "The Hour of 13" a 6 — a hair better than average, but far from socks-knocking.

Thriller
Rod Lott
In 1956, three years after helming the film-noir classic “The Big Heat,” director Fritz Lang returned to the genre for a pair of films that prove to be his final for America: “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt” and “While the City Sleeps.”

Comedy
Rod Lott
Get yourself "Get Yourself a College Girl," a 1964 co-ed comedy as bubbly, effervescent and tasty as an ice-cold bottle of RC Cola.

Comedy
Rod Lott
From 1966, "Hold On!" is basically Herman's Hermits' version of The Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night," but with music that's not as good, yet is more fun to watch. Yeah, I said it.

Sci-Fi
Rod Lott
“Probe” applies sci-fi principles to the “Mission: Impossible” template, making for a highly pleasurable, if dated, 100 minutes.

Thriller
Rod Lott
How ironic for this made-for-TV movie to sport “Smile” in its (incorrectly punctuated) title, because for network television — especially in 1974 — it’s remarkably morose.

Drama
Rod Lott
In a rather promising pre-credits sequence that puts us in James Garner's POV, he wakes up in Central Park, not knowing who he is, or much of anything, really.