Some film scholars think that Notorious is Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest movie. I don’t agree; I think the “master of suspense” reached his peak about ten years later, beginning with Rear Window and continuing through 1963’s The Birds. But hey, Notorious is still top-notch filmmaking, and it has Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman. What more do you want? Watch it for free by clicking here.
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How do you prefer your Gregory Peck – soft-spoken and dignified, the way he played Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, or crazed and peg-legged, the way he played Captain Ahab in Moby Dick? John Huston directs Peck in this 1956 whale of a tale. Click here to watch it for free.
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Thanks to ongoing revelations about our athletic heroes – none of them good – I wouldn’t be surprised if we eventually learn that baseball’s Iron Horse, Lou Gehrig, was actually a jerk. Mickey Mantle, Babe Ruth … not guys you’d want to meet your mother. But if you want to escape to an imaginary world where pro jocks are more saint than sinner, you can’t do better than The Pride of the Yankees, a 1942 biopic starring Gary Cooper as Gehrig. Click here to watch it free.
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Director Rob Reiner takes a Stephen King story and turns it into movie magic. Yes, I’m referring to Misery, but unfortunately, that’s not this week’s free movie. I’ve never quite understood the sterling reputation that Reiner’s first King adaptation, Stand by Me, seems to enjoy. It’s a pleasant, mildly amusing look at the adventures of four 1950s boys – but not much more than that. Watch it for free by clicking here.
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Jack Nicholson has evolved into one of our treasured character actors. But back in the 1970s, Nicholson was something relatively new to American cinema: a genuine movie star whose characters were often, well, jackasses. Click here to see Jack the jackass in his prime in this 1973 gem co-starring a baby-faced Randy Quaid.
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William Powell stars in My Man Godfrey as a Depression-era derelict who is hired to butler (“buttle”?) for a rich family. Screwball comedy ensues. Carole Lombard, Powell’s real-life ex-wife at the time, co-stars in this delightful 1936 film. I’m inserting links to both Google and YouTube because the picture quality seems to vary. Click here for Google’s version, or click here for YouTube.
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Here’s another classic movie that I haven’t seen – but you should watch it. You should also brush your teeth three times a day, donate to charity, and be nice to your dog. But seriously … Cinema Paradiso, winner of the 1989 Oscar for best foreign film, sounds like a real charmer. I plan to watch it soon. You can watch it now by clicking here.
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No, this story has nothing to do with Quentin Tarantino’s alleged foot fetish. And no, I have not seen it, myself. But you should watch it because it has a perfect, 100-percent “fresh” rating from critics at rottentomatoes.com. It’s the true story of a man afflicted with cerebral palsy, and it snagged a Best Actor Oscar for Daniel Day-Lewis. If you like it let me know, and maybe I’ll watch it, too. Click here to watch it for free.
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It’s July 4, so why not celebrate German history by watching the gripping, claustrophobic war drama, Das Boot? Watch it free by clicking here. For those of you who prefer something a bit more highbrow, we offer the original Men in Black. Click here to watch it free.
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“One of the great American films, and a landmark in the maturing of the Western.” “Here … is a movie of the grand old school, a genuine rib-thumper and a beautiful sight to see.”
Thus wrote Leonard Maltin and the New York Times, raving about John Ford’s Stagecoach. To me, the movie is just another old John Wayne flick. But damn, who am I to argue with Maltin and the New York Times? Watch it for free by clicking here.
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