The Miracle of the Bells (1948)
Jan 1, 2010Catholicism and Miracles
A ghastly sanctimonious Catholic miracle film from the 1940s about the elevation of a Hollywood starlet to sainthood simply because she was glamorous
Fred MacMurray
The Shaggy Dog (1959)
Mar 7, 2005Teenager Transforms Into a Dog/Disney Comedy
The first of Disney's live-action comedies, a comic variant on the werewolf story with Tommy Kirk turning into a dog. Mildly amusing but later efforts would do this type of comedy better
The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
Apr 9, 1999Anti-Gravity Rubber/Disney Comedy
One of the inspired delights from Disney's live-action era, a hit that became the template for their subsequent live-action films. The scenes with flying vehicles and basketball teams are entirely charming.
Son of Flubber (1963)
Jun 1, 2015Absent-Minded Professor Sequel
Sequel to Disney's The Absent-Minded Professor that only unimaginatively shuffles around the same elements and lacks the inspired touch of the first film
The Swarm (1978)
Feb 18, 2004Killer Bees Amok
Irwin Allen had great success in the 1970s with his disaster movies but this killer bee saga with a cast of big name stars uttering ridiculous dialogue and shabby effects proved a bomb that spelt the death knell for the genre