A test rocket carrying wasps to outer space, to study the effects on them of […]
Tag: 1957
The Incredible Shrinking Man
When exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide causes Scott Carey to begin to […]
12 Angry Men
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury […]
Paths of Glory
During World War I, commanding officer General Broulard orders his subordinate, General Mireau, to attack […]
Wild is the Wind
Wild Is the Wind represents a (perhaps deliberate) reversal of the situation in The Rose […]
Peyton Place
Grace Metalious’ once-notorious bestseller Peyton Place is given a lavish — and necessarily toned-down — […]
An Affair to Remember
Nickie Ferrante’s return to New York to marry a rich heiress is well publicized as […]
3:10 to Yuma
Dave Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, […]
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid […]
Funny Face
A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off […]