The Thing from Another World (1951)
82%RT Audience Score: 73%
Awards & Nominations: NA
As flying saucer movies go, The Thing From Another World is better than most, thanks to well-drawn characters and concise, tense plotting
The Thing is a classic sci-fi film that will have you on the edge of your seat. Critics have raved about the scientific jargon and eerie atmosphere, but let’s be real, we’re all here for the thrills and chills. The plot may be far-fetched, but the direction, production, writing, and acting are top-notch. Plus, who doesn’t love a good vampire-esque storyline? So grab some popcorn, turn off the lights, and get ready for a wild ride. Just don’t blame us if you have trouble sleeping afterwards.
Production Company(ies)
Das Films, David Sonenberg Production Polygram Filmed Entertainment,
Distributor
NA
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
Glacier National Park, Montana, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Approved
Year of Release
1951
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Color:Color
Black and White -
Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:1.37 : 1
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Runtime:NA
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Streaming): Aug 5, 2003
Genre(s)
Sci-fi
Keyword(s)
starring Robert Cornthwaite, Kenneth Tobey, James Arness, Margaret Sheridan, Douglas Spencer, Dewey Martin, directed by Christian Nyby, written by Charles Lederer, sci-fi, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Mildred Martin, Helen Bower, Mae Tinee, Wanda Hale, Myles Standish, Philip K Scheuer, Alan Ng, Jane Corby, Phyllis Wilson, Frank Morriss, M Oakley Christoph, producer Howard Hawks, MPAA rating, frozen creature, North Pole research base, Air Force, UFO, wrecked spaceship, humanoid creature, well-drawn characters, concise, tense plotting, Jules Verne type of thrill fiction
Worldwide gross: NA
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Kenneth Tobey – Captain Patrick Hendry
James Arness – Lt. Eddie Dykes
Robert Cornthwaite – Dr. Arthur Carrington
Douglas Spencer – Scotty
Dewey Martin – Crew Chief Bob
Director(s)
Christian Nyby
Writer(s)
Charles Lederer
Producer(s)
Howard Hawks
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (66) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (57) | Rotten (9)
Scenarist Charles Lederer has maintained an amazingly even keel, loading the dialogue with scientific jargon which sounded all right to these unscientific ears keeping it surprisingly natural under highly unnatural circumstances.
September 21, 2021
Mildred Martin
Philadelphia Inquirer
TOP CRITIC
On the whole the movie is far and away the most original and ingenious in this new category of pseudo-scientific entertainment.
September 21, 2021
Helen Bower
Detroit Free Press
TOP CRITIC
Most of the principal roles are well handled, and the script is brightened by occasional bits of rather humorous banter. If you have a taste for this sort of pseudo-scientific stuff, this film is a fair sample.
September 21, 2021
Mae Tinee
Chicago Tribune
TOP CRITIC
You had better see it soon, right away, before you hear too much about it from those who have had the pleasure. And the thrills and chills.
September 21, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4
Wanda Hale
New York Daily News
TOP CRITIC
It should scare the shirt off anybody who gets caught in its spell, and delight connoisseurs of the Jules Verne type of thrill fiction.
September 21, 2021
Myles Standish
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
TOP CRITIC
While the Thing is encased In ice, the picture has a disturbing quality that is heightened by the objective, documentary treatment of the camera — a real, ominous “What is it?” feeling.
September 21, 2021
Philip K. Scheuer
Los Angeles Times
TOP CRITIC
If anything, Nyby and Hawks’ film will appeal to cinephiles or at least make for a few good mocking laughs.
November 30, 2021 | Rating: 6/10
Alan Ng
Film Threat
This reviewer actually jumped twice while watching The Thing. That’s how tense and tingling and unexpected Howard Hawks has made this fascinating picture.
September 21, 2021
Jane Corby
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
For a quick cool-off on a hot afternoon there’s nothing like a few chills up and down the spine — all supplied In this latest piece of science fiction.
September 21, 2021
Phyllis Wilson
Ottawa Citizen
The grim winter background of the story serves to emphasize the stark character of the plot and the number of scenes which have the authentic away-from-the-studio touch also highlight the eerie nature of the whole film.
September 21, 2021
Frank Morriss
Winnipeg Free Press
Spoil the story for those who pay their money? Nope. It is a virile story with action and suspense. Conflict and argument. The suspense angle is, of course, what keeps it going.
September 21, 2021
M. Oakley Christoph
Hartford Courant
Far-fetched in theme, it is nevertheless so well directed, produced, written and acted, one becomes completely lost in the vampirish goings-on.
September 21, 2021 | Rating: 2/3
Sara Hamilton
Photoplay…
Plot
Scientists at an Arctic research station discover a spacecraft buried in the ice. Upon closer examination, they discover the frozen pilot. All hell breaks loose when they take him back to their station and he is accidentally thawed out!
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels doesn’t provide any goofy or funny comments about The Thing, but they do mention the well-handled principal roles and brightened script with occasional humorous banter.
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The Lady From Shanghai (1948)
82%RT Audience Score:
Awards & Nominations: NA
Energetic and inventive, The Lady from Shanghai overcomes its script deficiencies with some of Orson Welles’ brilliantly conceived set pieces
The Lady from Shanghai is a wild ride that will leave you dizzy with its twists and turns. Orson Welles’ genius is on full display, from the convoluted plot to the outrageous finale in the hall of mirrors. And let’s not forget about Rita Hayworth, who is both fetishized and punished for our entertainment. Sure, Welles’ Irish accent is a bit silly, but who cares when you’re having this much fun? This film is a magnificent mess in the best way possible.
Production Company(ies)
Titanus Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma Société Générale de Cinématographie
Distributor
NA
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
Playland at the Beach, San Francisco, California, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
Year of Release
1948
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Color:Color
Black and White -
Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:1.37 : 1
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Runtime:NA
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Language(s):English, Cantonese
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jun 9, 1948 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 3, 2000
Genre(s)
Drama/Crime
Keyword(s)
The Lady from Shanghai, Drama, Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders, Ted de Corsia, Erskine Sanford, directed by Orson Welles, written by Orson Welles, produced by Orson Welles, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Geoffrey Macnab, Peter Bradshaw, David Parkinson, Glenn Heath Jr., Nigel Andrews, Tom Huddleston, MPAA rating, San Francisco, Acapulco, yacht, murder plot, hall of mirrors, shoot out, set pieces, tangled, ingenious, switchbacks, revelations, outrageously inventive, sinisterly sustained, amusingly varied, hyper-local flavor, cinema’s most iconic sequences
Worldwide gross: NA
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Orson Welles – Michael O’Hara
Everett Sloane – Arthur Bannister
Glenn Anders – George Grisby
Ted de Corsia – Sidney Broome
Erskine Sanford – Judge
Director(s)
Orson Welles
Writer(s)
Orson Welles
Producer(s)
Orson Welles
Film Festivals
Cannes
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (48) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (40) | Rotten (8)
The film is as tangled and ingenious as any of Welles’s conjuring tricks. The shoot-out in the hall of mirrors is the most famous sequence, but there are other moments just as memorable.
July 24, 2014 | Rating: 5/5
Geoffrey Macnab
Independent (UK)
TOP CRITIC
It has an irresistible energy.
July 24, 2014 | Rating: 5/5
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
The plot’s pleasingly convoluted, the performances amusingly varied, the mood sinisterly sustained. But the set-pieces are the work of a genius.
July 24, 2014 | Rating: 4/5
David Parkinson
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Time proves this to be insanely ambitious and batty in the best sense.
July 24, 2014 | Rating: 5/5
Glenn Heath Jr.
Little White Lies
TOP CRITIC
The hall-of-mirrors shootout finale is a canonic classic.
July 24, 2014 | Rating: 4/5
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times
TOP CRITIC
A magnificent mess of switchbacks and revelations, climaxing with one of cinema’s most outrageously inventive sequences.
July 23, 2014 | Rating: 5/5
Tom Huddleston
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
Such it is with sharks and genius.
April 21, 2022 | Rating: 10/10
Ray Pride
Newcity
…fetishizes Hayworth and then punishes her for its own obsessions.
April 19, 2021 | Rating: 2.5/4
Josh Larsen
LarsenOnFilm
Welles’ Irish accent is a little silly, but he makes up for it by investing the film in a lot of hyper-local flavor, shooting on real locations and including a lot of the languages and cultures that loosely make up San Francisco.
December 8, 2020
Scott Nye
Battleship Pretension
The Boy Wonder is so busy playing with the tricks of the trade he forgets the trade itself.
September 4, 2019
Josephine O’Neill
Daily Telegraph (Australia)
[Welles] hurls restraint to the winds and when he is through with it, his poor little story is reduced to a dramatic pulp.
September 4, 2019
Jay Carmody
Washington Star
The storyline is almost incidental to the disorientating inventiveness of The Lady from Shanghai.
July 25, 2014
Eithne Farry
Electric Sheep…
Plot
Michael O’Hara, against his better judgement, hires on as a crew member of Arthur Bannister’s yacht, sailing to San Francisco. They pick up Grisby, Bannister’s law partner, en route. Bannister has a wife, Elsa, who seems to like Michael much better than she likes her husband. After they dock in Sausalito, Michael goes along with Grisby’s weird plan to fake his (Grisby’s) murder so he can disappear untailed. He wants the $5000 Grisby has offered, so he can run off with Elsa. But Grisby turns up actually murdered, and Michael gets blamed for it. Somebody set him up, but it is not clear who or how. Bannister (the actual murderer?) defends Michael in court.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
No goofy or funny or odd comments were found in the Fresh Kernels database for The Lady from Shanghai.
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82%
Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
82%RT Audience Score: 78%
Awards & Nominations: NA
It occasionally fails to live up to its subject matter — and is perhaps an ‘important’ film more than a ‘great’ one — but the performances from Gregory Peck and Dorothy McGuire are superb
Gentleman’s Agreement is a classic film that tackles the issue of anti-Semitism in a way that was groundbreaking for its time. While some critics may find fault with its approach, I found it to be a smart and engrossing drama that still feels relevant today. Plus, who doesn’t love a good old-fashioned Hollywood message movie? It’s like getting a history lesson and a morality tale all in one. So grab some popcorn and settle in for a film that will make you think and feel all the feels.
Production Company(ies)
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Darien, Connecticut, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
Year of Release
1948
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Color:Color
Black and White -
Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:1.37 : 1
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Runtime:1h 58m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Nov 11, 1947 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 2, 2004
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
Gentleman’s Agreement, drama, Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Elia Kazan, Laura Z Hobson, Moss Hart, Darryl F Zanuck, 20th Century Fox, anti-Semitism, New York City, journalist, empathy, bigotry, Jewish friend, love, relationship, important film, great performances, critic reviews, box office performance, budget, MPAA rating, producer names, reviewed by, directed by, written by
Worldwide gross: NA
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Dorothy McGuire – Kathy Lacey
John Garfield – Dave Goldman
Celeste Holm – Anne Dettrey
Anne Revere – Mrs. Green
June Havoc – Ethel Wales, an Alias of Estelle Walofsky
Director – Elia Kazan
Producer – Darryl F. Zanuck
Writer – Laura Z. Hobson, Moss Hart
Director(s)
Elia Kazan
Writer(s)
Laura Z. Hobson, Moss Hart
Producer(s)
Darryl F. Zanuck
Film Festivals
Tribeca
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Picture Winners, Oscar Winners
All Critics (45) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (34) | Rotten (11)
The film is great stuff throughout, and Is well worth seeing.
January 23, 2020
Erle Cox (The Chiel)
The Age (Australia)
TOP CRITIC
Here is a great and moving film — the best that has come from an American studio for several years.
January 23, 2020
SMH Staff
Sydney Morning Herald
TOP CRITIC
The words ring out with clarity from the Mayfair screen and there is no mistaking their meaning. They are not lost on the wind, but hit you full in the face, making you sit up and take notice of the force behind them.
February 17, 2015
Kate Cameron
New York Daily News
TOP CRITIC
Agreement was tame, cautious stuff even back then.
February 19, 2013 | Rating: C+
Ty Burr
Entertainment Weekly
TOP CRITIC
By dispassionate critical standards, Gentleman’s Agreement is not a success. It is a tract rather than a play and it has the crusader’s shortcomings.
February 6, 2013
Robert Hatch
The New Republic
TOP CRITIC
The movie is as powerful today as when it captured the Best Picture Oscar a few years after Hitler’s genocide ended in Europe.
August 17, 2010 | Rating: 3.5/4
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
TOP CRITIC
In the end (aided by a momentous parting shot), the human drama feels just as powerful as the morals.
August 5, 2020 | Rating: 8/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
Gentleman’s Agreement is the sort of film that contains the usual drama for a Zanuck movie but the subject matter is what makes the film so groundbreaking.
July 30, 2020 | Rating: 5/5
Danielle Solzman
Solzy at the Movies
Gentleman’s Agreement still comes across as a smart, incisive, and engrossing drama, and although times have changed since 1947, the subject it so boldly tackles remains timely and relevant to this day.
January 24, 2020
David Sterritt
Turner Classic Movies Online
The film’s tone towards anti-Semitism is not the harsh note of intellectual indignation, but the polite murmur of argument. The film reduces a grave problem to dialogue.
January 23, 2020
Josephine O’Neill
Daily Telegraph (Australia)
It is brave in having something to say about a problem of living today and it is outspoken in the saying of it. It has been directed with rare understanding by Elia Kazan.
January 23, 2020
Harry MacArthur
Washington Star
Much of the ‘message’ is lost in a welter of words. Sentiment, too, is spread as thickly as we would like our rationed butter.
January 23, 2020
Nelson Burns (Te Pana)
Courier Mail (Australia)…
Plot
A journalist takes on an assignment about anti-Semitism and pretends to be Jewish in order to experience bigotry firsthand, leading to complications in his personal life.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Nothing to add here about Gentleman’s Agreement.
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The Girlfriend Experience
82%RT Audience Score:
Starring: Julia Goldani Telles, Anna Friel, Louisa Krause, Carmen Ejogo, Riley Keough
Year of Release
2016
Technical Specs
Color: Color
Sound mix: Dolby Digital, Stereo, Dolby
Aspect ratio: 1.78 : 1
Language(s): English
Country of origin: United States
Original premiere: 04/10/2016
Newest season premiere: 05/02/2021
Season Finale:
06/20/2021
2020-2021 Mid Season Primetime
Canada Cable
2020-2021 Mid Season Primetime
UK Digital
Series Premiere:
06/27/2016
Genre(s)
Action, Drama, Film Adaptation, Music, War
Keyword(s)
Anthology Digital Drama, Film Adaptation Digital Drama, Serialized Drama, Transactional Pictures, Extension 765, Magnolia Pictures, TV Shows from 2021, Movies from United States, English Language, GLAAD Media Awards Nominees, Anthology TV Drama, Film Adaptation TV Drama, TV Shows Created by Anja Marquardt, TV Shows Starring Tobi Bamtefa, TV Shows Starring Daniel Betts, TV Shows Starring Enzo Cilenti, TV Shows Starring Alexandra Daddario, TV Shows Starring Frank Dillane, TV Shows Starring Charles Edwards, TV Shows Starring Armin Karima, TV Shows Starring Oliver Masucci, TV Shows Starring Jemima Rooper, TV Shows Starring Julia Goldani Telles, Transactional Pictures Shows, Extension 765 Shows, Magnolia Pictures Shows, TV Shows from United States, Critics’ Choice Awards Nominees, Golden Globes Nominees, Emmy Awards Nominees, Critics’ Choice Awards Winners, DGA Awards Nominees, WGA Awards Nominees, NAACP Image Awards Nominees, TV Shows Starring Ray Fearon, Emmy Awards Winners, Humanitas Prize Winners, Humanitas Prize Nominees, Golden Globes Winners, SAG Awards Winners, SAG Awards Nominees, WGA Awards Winners, DGA Awards Winners, NAACP Image Awards Winners, PGA Awards Nominees, TV Shows Created by Lodge Kerrigan, TV Shows Created by Amy Seimetz, Populist Pictures (DEFUNCT) Shows, BAFTA Awards Nominees, Impacted by COVID-19, Female Producer, Female Writer, Female Director, Female Show Creator, Black Lead Cast, 2+ Ethnicity Lead Cast, South Asian Lead Cast
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Julia Goldani Telles
Telles
Iris
Anna Friel Friel
Erica Myles
Louisa Krause Krause
Anna
Carmen Ejogo Ejogo
Bria Jones
Riley Keough Keough
Christine Reade
Paul Sparks Sparks
David Tellis
Director(s)
Writer(s)
Executive(s)
Starz:
Amy Goldberg
(Current Exec)
Starz:
Samantha Offsay
(Current Exec)
Awards & Nominations
NA
Synopsis (Warning: Spoilers!)
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82%
The Company
82%RT Audience Score:
Scott Free
Year of Release
2007
Technical Specs
Color: Color
Sound mix: Stereo, Dolby, Dolby Stereo
Aspect ratio: 1.66 : 1
Language(s): English
Country of origin: United States
Original premiere: 08/05/2007
Newest season premiere: 08/05/2007
Season Finale:
08/19/2007
2006-2007 Summer Primetime
Genre(s)
History, Literary Adaptation, Political, Sport, Sports, War
Keyword(s)
Literary Adaptation TV Longform, Miniseries TV Longform, Political, TV Shows Starring Michael Keaton, TV Shows Starring Alfred Molina, TV Shows Starring Chris O’Donnell, Sony Pictures Television Shows, Scott Free Shows, John Calley Productions (DEFUNCT) Shows, Tandem Productions Shows, Alchemy Television (DEFUNCT) Shows, TV Shows from 2007, TV Shows from United States, English Language, Golden Globes Nominees, SAG Awards Winners, 2+ Ethnicity Lead Cast
Production budget (est.): $2,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $3,066,374
Production budget ranking: 46
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $1,651,243
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Chris O’Donnell
O’Donnell
Michael Keaton Keaton
Alfred Molina Molina
Alessandro Nivola Nivola
Rory Cochrane Cochrane
Alexandra Maria Lara
Director(s)
Writer(s)
Executive(s)
NA
Awards & Nominations
NA
Synopsis (Warning: Spoilers!)
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