Join the host archaeologist John for classic movies reviews with his own special spin. Using his archaeological background, he connects historic, cinematic, genealogical, and current facts to add a dimension to his reviews that will increase your enjoyment of these classic movies. John tells all for movies over 25 years old. He also presents his world-famous short summaries of each classic movies reviewed.
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Directed by André De Toth, this movie tells a woman that survived a U-boat attack and a delayed rescue that comes to live with her only relatives on a lonely Louisiana plantation. Dark Waters (1944) …
This mantheon film is full of manly men fighting a war. A beaten patrol tries to make it back to their lines as a hardened sergeant and a catatonic Colonel tag along. There are a large number of obst…
A space disaster film with a lot of star power. This movie foreshadowed the Apollo 13 disaster that would happen the next year. You will enjoy Gregory Peck, Gene Hackman, and Lee Grant in Marooned …
One of the first major movie that depicts Native Americans as multi-dimensional characters. Richard Harris is pretty good as the English lord captured by Sioux Indians and forced to learn a new cultu…
A great space conspiracy theory movie with intense aerial scenes between helicopters and a bi-plane. Be sure to see Capricorn One (1977) with James Brolin, Elliot Gould, Sam Waterston, Brenda Vacarro…
One of the greatest time-traveling movies of all time, The Time Machine (1960), is based on an H.G. Wells story. Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux are great as they fight the mutant Morlocks.
One of the best and most well-known sci-fi in the benevolent alien's group. Directed by Robert Wise, The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), is a movie that Many people quote from, not really knowing …
World War III has come to America as Russians and Cubans invade. Caught behind the lines, a small group of high school students, the Wolverines, fight to save America in this John Milius-directed cla…
Your name is Mudd. A highly fictionalized tale of Dr. Sammuel Mudd, who was convicted of helping John Wilkes Booth escape after he assassinated President Lincoln. This movie was directed by John Ford…
A highly fictionalized and entertaining war movie about the birth of Isreal. Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) features a great cast led by Kirk Douglas with support from Senta Berger, Angie Dickenson, Joh…
This classic 1980s movies give a fresh look at nuclear holocaust and computer hacking. Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, and John Wood lead that cast of the tense drama WarGames (1983).
This is one of the most beloved and inspiring Christmas movie of all time. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) has a great cast and features a young Natalie Wood.
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) is a beloved and sacrilegious comedy that is one of the best Christmas movies ever made.
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Using technology from King Kong (1933), Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) is a beloved family Christmas story that has shown on television every year since it was released.
A gritty crime Film Noir that tells of a homicidal policeman and an illicit love affair. The Prowler (1951) features strong performances by Evelyn Keys and Van Heflin.
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This is an interview with Chuck Harter the author of Mr. Novak. This book is about a television show that ran from 1963-1965. Mr. Harter did a great job on the book and I highly recommend it. There a…
A gritty boxing Film Noir without a serious femme fatale. The Harder They Fall (1956) was a tale of corruption and betrayal in the sweet science and was Humphrey Bogart last film. The supporting cast…
The Garment Jungle (1957) is a gritty Film-Noir crime story that is great for #Noirvember. Starring Robert Loggia, Lee J. Cobb, Gia Scala, and Richard Boone
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Otto Preminger directed this who-done-if Film Noir starring Dana Andrews and Linda Darnell. The supporting cast consisted of Charles Bickford, John Carradine, Percy Kilbride, Anne Revere, Alice Faye,…
Voodoo Man (1944) is a terrible voodoo movie set in the US during World War II. It stars Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, and George Zucco.
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