Foreign Correspondent

Pros: Intelligent dialogue, action and plot

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: Thriller, good story set in an interesting time.

Review: Who says a crime reporter can't become a good foreign correspondent? The dark 1940 movie "Foreign Correspondent" delves into European political issues and gives us a little side look at newspapers on the eve of World War II. In the process, ...

Pros: exciting, suspenseful story with characters that you care about

Cons: the tacked-on propagandistic ending, some unlikely coincidences

The Bottom Line: exciting thriller with excellent script and visual effects, flirts with greatness

Review: Foreign Correspondent (1940) is one of Alfred Hitchcock’s openly anti-Nazi films, along with Saboteur, Notorious and Lifeboat. Most of his films are not political at all. This excellent screenplay rises above mere wartime ...

Pros: engaging plot, enjoyable characters, delicious suspense

Cons: jingoistic conclusion

The Bottom Line: Foreign Correspondent is a wonderful little picture. Recommended to Hitchcock fans and those who enjoy a classy thriller.

Review: Alfred Hitchcock, by name alone, evokes emotions and memories for movie fans everywhere -- even those who have never seen his work. Consider the famous shower scene in Psycho, Hitchcock's best-known picture, referenced and parodied so often that it ...

Pros: sets, plane crash, cast, action

Cons: unlikely coincidences, standard romance

Review: Rebecca was the first American production for English director Alfred Hitchcock. It would turn out to be one of his best films, and the only one to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. He was also nominated for Best Director, but lost. In...