Vittorio Gassman

In Naples, a mysterious voice foretells that "the last judgment will begin at 6 p.m". First of all, it is seen as hype, then as the hour approaches, panic sweeps across the town. Everyone reacts in their own individual way but once the threat is apparently past, normal life resumes. For good or bad, it is as if nothing has happened.

Shirley Maclaine (*The Apartment, Terms Of Endearment*) portrays an amazing array of characters over seven satirical vignettes that attempt to tackle the universal subjects of love and adultery. From a distraught widow dealing with amorous advances, a bored housewife becoming a hooker, suicidal lovers, naked poetry reading and psychotic socialites to a chance encounter on public transport that leads to a bittersweet, poignant conclusion. Michael Caine,...

Four young friends from Hell's Kitchen get into trouble and are sent to reform school, where they are sexually abused by guards. Years later, two of the boys are seeking revenge and rely on the other two boys to protect them.

The wedding of Muffin to Dino Corelli becomes a big event when an aging priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, the Corelli family might have a connection to the mob, security guards are everywhere, and Dino's grandmother dies in bed before the reception.

Set during Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, the film centers around disenchanted aristocrat and unhappily married Pierre and Prince Andrei, who both are in love with an innocent young woman, Natasha.

War and Peace is a commendable attempt to boil down Tolstoy's long, difficult novel into 208 minutes' screen time. In recreating the the social and personal upheavals attending Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia, $6 million was shelled out by coproducers Carlo Ponti, Dino de Laurentiis and Paramount Pictures. Some of the panoramic battle sequences are so expertly handled by second-unit director Mario Soldati that they appear to be Technicolor-and-Vistavision...