It has been said that viewers today are more likely to consume entertainment or informational media that they believe will most likely reinforce their existing biases, rather than look for opposing or challenging points of view. This phenomenon is perhaps…
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Do You Ever Root for the Movie’s Bad Guy?
This past weekend one of the premium movie cable channels, in a delightfully mordant move, ran a 24-hour Mother’s Day marathon of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 salute to filial devotion, Psycho. Now, I’ve watched Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh and company more times than…
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Movie Blockbuster?
Even though summer isn’t here for almost a month, the summer movie season is already upon us. With The Avengers currently breaking all sorts of records, I thought it might be fun to see what your favorite blockbusters were. Jaws?…
Read more →Earth vs. The Flying Saucers
You know the drill. Below is a classic movie photo with Jason’s caption. You’re encouraged to leave your own suggestion in the comment section below! Foreign drivers…sheesh.
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Around the World in 80 Days (1956): Movie Review
It’s another movie that is usually considered one of the worst winners in the Best Picture Academy Awards category, but I have to admit that Around the World in 80 Days (1956) provides some terrific entertainment, even though it still has various flaws which…
Read more →This Week In Film History, 05.13.12
May 15, 1900: The Lumiere brothers dazzle audiences at the Paris World’s Fair with films projected onto an enormous 82′ x 49′ wide screen. May 17, 1912: Carl Laemmle oversees the merger of a number of independent production companies to…
Read more →Fred Astaire: Born in Top Hat and Tails
At times his on-screen dancing seemed to enable him to defy gravity. MovieFanFare founder Jerry Frebowitz offers a special birthday salute to Fred Astaire, whose dapper presence set the tone for Hollywood musical from the 1930s to the ’60s.
Read more →Six Pix: Mothers
Six Pix presents a sextet of movie posters representing a particular actor/director/genre. You pick the one you feel is visually the most artistic or best sums up the film. In honor of Mother’s Day we’ve featured posters highlighting moms in…
Read more →Do They Make ‘Em Like They Used To?
Oh, how we hear it on this blog. How the movies today are awful. The violence. The sex. The language. The acting. The writing. The messages being shoved down our throats. If we were to ask the question, Do You…
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