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This Damon Runyon story feels slightly related to "Guys and Dolls", but it does not have the production values of the better-known musical that was released in 1955.

Crime boss "Numbers" Foster (Scott Brady) leaves New York by car when the heat is on, afraid he might have to testify before the Crime Commission. When his driver/minion, "Poorly Sammis", takes a wrong turn, they find themselves in the Georgia backwoods, where a beautiful young Emily Ann (Mitzi Gaynor) treats them right neighborly. Numbers decides to take Emily back to New York with him, along with her two pet bloodhounds.

When back in the city, Numbers---whose intentions might be avuncular; it's hard to tell---tries to find a job for Emily Ann. Surprise, she can sing and dance! That works well for everyone except Numbers' girlfriend, Yvonne (Marguerite Chapman), who feels threatened.

This is a decent musical, but definitely B level. Mitzi Gaynor is quite good in her role. The wardrobe and the choreo have notable moments. The music cannot stack up to "Guys and Dolls", but having two cast members named Mitzi is unique.

This is a very enjoyable Hallmark holiday film, in large part because every actor seems perfectly cast for his/her role.

After being fired from her job, a New York hotel maid named Allie (Danica McKellar) goes to the European kingdom of Winshire to be a nanny to the king's daughter. This is another fish-out-of-water story, which is a set-up for some comedy. It is also another commoner/royal romance tale, which caters to Hallmark's viewers.

King Max is played by Rupert Penry-Jones. The young princess, Theodora (Ellie Botterill), goes through nannies like Henry VIII through wives. Allie finds a way into her life and her heart, despite a few courtiers who see the American as an intruder who threatens the "script" for the king's life.

Filming in Romania and Slovenia give the film authenticity and charm.

When an American outpost in Antarctica is visited by a dog that was being chased by a helicopter, so begins a succession of mysterious and horrific events in this film that has become a cult classic, a fan favorite. Director John Carpenter, aided by the music of Ennio Morricone, creates an atmospheric psychological drama that touches on basic fears, like isolation, claustrophobia, and the unknown.

Much credit goes to the team that created the creature effects. The thing that haunts this film is elementally fearful, and its unpredictability makes it seem invincible.

Still, it must be noted that only three years before, another film called "Alien" did it better. In the isolation of space, Ridley Scott gave us what is perhaps the best horror film of all time, with a shape-shifting monster of neo-gothic countenance that might have done for space travel what "Jaws" did for swimming, if mankind was that advanced.

"The Thing" stars Kurt Russell and a collection of recognizable actors, like Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter, Keith David, Richard Dysart, and Richard Masur. As the film progresses, it begins to feel like a bizarre murder mystery, where everyone is suspect, and everyone must travel in pairs for safety. But this is a strange mystery, where a lapse in judgment might lead to something worse that death.