NR | 2 h 33 min | Drama | 1956 Tom Rath (Gregory Peck), wife Betsy (Jennifer Jones), and their three children get by on his barely adequate mid-20th-century salary. Betsy’s hankering after a higher quality of life, and his brief but decisive wartime extramarital affair claw at him, triggering a spiral of regret and…
‘The Yearling’: Growing Up Is About Facing Your Fears
NR | 2 h 8 min | Drama | 1946 Clarence Brown’s coming-of-age film is set in late 19th-century Florida. The film opens with Penny Baxter (Gregory Peck) narrating why he ended up in scrub country. Following service in the Civil War, he’d sought refuge away from towns and wars and civilization and headed to…
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘The Keys of the Kingdom’: A Christian Miracle in Imperial China
G | 2 h 17 min | Drama | 1944 Young, handsome Francis Chisholm (Gregory Peck) hopes to marry his childhood sweetheart in his native Scotland. But fate and faith have him pick priesthood. Then the early 20th-century Catholic Church sends him on a mission to the tumultuous province of Pai-tan, China. He arrives to…
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘The Scarlet and the Black’: The Saga of Another Schindler
January 3, 2023
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NR | 2h 23min | Drama, Biopic | 1983 How many people did Oskar Schindler save from Nazi brutality in WWII? 1,200. How many people did Hugh O’Flaherty save about that same time? 6,500! Two exceptional films salute these wartime heroes. Why, then, do most cinema lovers know of only Schindler and little to nothing…
Rewind, Review, and ReRate: ‘The World in His Arms’: A Highly Entertaining Swashbuckler
Approved | 1h 44min | Action, Adventure, History | 1952 Over the years, I’ve become a big fan of Gregory Peck’s work. He’s a very versatile actor that I’ve always associated with dramatic character-driven film roles, such as the gentlemanly out-of-towner James McKay in the magnificent Western “The Big Country (1958),” or the brooding bad…
Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Only the Valiant’: A Well-Paced, Generally Fun Western
1951 | Approved | 1h 45m I’ve always associated great Western films with the likes of John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, and Henry Fonda. But after watching Gregory Peck in Westerns such as “The Gunfighter” (1950) and “The Big Country” (1958), I’ll happily watch anything when the words “Peck” and “Western” are associated together. And fortunately,…
Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Twelve O’Clock High’: An Early Portrayal of War’s Effects
Not Rated | 2h 12min | Drama, War | 1949 There was a concerted effort to move toward more realism in war movies during the years following World War II. This is not to say that all Hollywood films became more realistic, but many of its top productions embraced a more sobering perspective of war…
Rewind, Review and Re-Rate: ‘Yellow Sky’: Director William A. Wellman’s Outstanding Western Romp
Not Rated | 1h 38min | Crime, Western | 1948 I’ve seen a number of outstanding Westerns starring Gregory Peck, with “The Gunfighter (1950),” and “The Big Country (1958)” being counted among my personal favorites. However, a lesser-known film titled “Yellow Sky” (1948) is perhaps the most unconventional: a hodgepodge of seemingly incongruous elements that,…
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘The Bravados’: A Powerful Western Drama About Revenge and Redemption
Not Rated | 1h 38min | Drama, Western | 1958 The outstanding actor Gregory Peck isn’t usually associated with Westerns; he’s typically viewed more as a man who starred in contemporary (at the time) dramas. But Peck’s performances in Westerns often exemplified the best of the genre. After all, this is the same man who…
Rewind, Review, and Re-rate: ‘The Gunfighter’: Character Study of an Outlaw Seeking a New Life
Not Rated | 1h 25min | Western | 1950 When I’d first heard of the 1950 Western, “The Gunfighter,” I immediately imagined a bunch of lawmen and outlaws drawing their six-shooters and blasting away at each other, either in tawdry saloons or standing in the middle street in some dusty town. But to my surprise,…
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