Sequel to the first film, this one instead stars Deborah Walley as Gidget. James Darren is back as Moondoggie, but Gidget's parents here are played by Carl Reiner and Jeff Donnell (she gave herself that nickname because she loved the old comic strip "Mutt and Jeff"). Gidget doesn't want to go to Hawaii at first because that will mean being apart from Moondoggie for the summer, but when they have a tiff, she changes her mind. On the plane ride…

The original film about the character Gidget, which would be followed by sequels and a famous TV-series. But this is the start, with Sandra Dee as Gidget, so called by the surfers at the beach because she's "half-girl, half-midget." Francie "Gidget" Lawrence is a high-schooler who has no real social life in high school and her parents and her friends try to get her to get out of the house and live a little. Her somewhat snooty three friends take…

Although not the first film to attempt to film Mary Shelley's classic horror story, this is certainly the most famous. It is a classic in all categories, with acting, mood, lighting, writing, direction, etc. being top notch. An ambitious scientist, Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive), along with his hunchback assistant Fritz (Dwight Frye) rob from graves, steal body parts, and everything imaginable until they have stitched together the huge body of a "human" that Frankenstein intends to bring to life. This…

Here it is. After seeing this a zillion times, I need to review this gem. It's only one of the very best movies EVER! Kurt Russell is the swaggering blowhard, bumbling but heroic truck driver, Jack Burton, who gives out advice from the CB in his semi-truck The Pork Chop Express, and that's between adventures. The adventure we see takes place in, of course, Little China in San Francisco, where Jack helps his best friend Wang Chi (Dennis Dun) try…