This year marks the golden anniversary of Disney’s Academy Award-winning Mary Poppins, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. Guest writer Craig Pisani offers a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious look at the beloved film and its enduring, magical charm.
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It’s been 88 years since the first entry in a long and distinguished resume was screened for the public, with the opening of rookie director Alfred Hitchcock’s The Pleasure Garden. We’ve got much more movie minutiae to present.
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“You know what? This article is a salute to legendary Warner Bros./MGM animator Tex Avery, marking his Lone Star State hometown’s remembering him with a special day in his honor. And that makes he happy.”
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This week’s poll shines our Academy Awards spotlight on the first 35 years of the award for Best Original Song. Cast your vote for the winning tune–“Over the Rainbow,” “Mona Lisa,” “Moon River” and more–that’s your favorite.
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It’s been exactly 80 years since humble Columbia Pictures released an unexpected critical and popular smash with the Capra-Gable-Colbert romantic charmer It Happened One Night. We’re giving you a leg up with more TInseltown trivia.
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So, how exactly does a scholarly look at the film adaptations of humorist James Thurber’s works metamorphose into a very belated Valentine to the object of an 11-year-old’s first TV crush? Read on to find out.
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A quarter century after he first impressed filmgoers with his martial arts prowess, Jean-Claude Van Damme is still kickin’. We’re looking back at the Muscles from Brussels’ long, sometimes self-mocking, but never dull screen legacy.
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Perhaps the most iconic protagonist in western movie history is Will Kane, Gary Cooper’s taciturn lawman in 1952’s High Noon. Guest writer Fred Gallagher examines Cooper’s acclaimed turn and what it means to be a film hero.
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The saying “everything old is new again” will get a workout this weekend, as new spins on three 1980s movies debut on the big screen. MovieFanFare takes a totally awesome look at this ongoing trend and wonders what further retellings are in the works.
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Is “The Accused,” starring Jodie Foster and Kelly McGillis, as meaningful today as it was in 1988? Some might find the “message” movie dated; others might find it as relevant as ever–for any number of reasons.
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