Featured Actor

Sidney Poitier

The star of In the Heat of the Night, Lilies of the Field, and The Defiant Ones (pictured) forever altered the racial perceptions long held by both motion picture audiences and executives, rising to superstar status in an industry forever dominated on both sides of the camera by whites while becoming the first African-American ever to take home an Oscar for Best Actor.

Sidney Poitier

Now Available to Stream, Rent or Own All Movies to Stream, Rent or Own

Portrait of a Lady on Fire
AllMovie Rating
The Invisible Man
AllMovie Rating
8
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
AllMovie Rating
9
Impractical Jokers: The Movie
AllMovie Rating
4
The Hunt
AllMovie Rating
Greed
AllMovie Rating
6
The Booksellers
AllMovie Rating
7
Sonic the Hedgehog
AllMovie Rating
4
Three Christs
AllMovie Rating
4

Staff Pick of the Day

Vera Cruz

Directed by Robert Aldrich

Outlaw (Gunfighter) Film, Buddy Film - Rated NR - 94 Minutes - 1954

Set during the Mexican revolution of 1866, Vera Cruz casts Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster as Ben Trane and Joe Erin, two rival soldiers of fortune who team to fight for the highest bidder. The two men come to loggerheads when Trane's sweetheart begs them to fight on the side of the rebels, while the wealthy Marquis de Labodere implores them to offer their services to Emperor Maximillian. (Available on the Criterion Channel)

- Hal Erickson