Despite a tempestuous personal life that frequently threatened to overwhelm Lana Turner’s career, the petite yet robust blonde beauty enjoyed a 20-plus-year run as one of Hollywood’s most popular and in-demand sex goddesses and forged a lasting body of work….
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The news spread on April 1st, and was widely reported as being no joke. It still seemed so…ridiculous. And yet, starting with the Liam Neeson thriller Unknown (updated, 4/21: or perhaps it’s the Adam Sandler comedy Just Go With It, which now appears to…
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Take a look at the classic Tarzan, the Ape Man: When traders Harry Holt and James Parker are in Africa about to embark on an expedition to find an infamous elephant graveyard, they’re surprised to find out they will be…
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Guest blogger Red Beard writes: I left the humidity of Washington, DC yesterday to return to the beautiful weather of Southern California. (Sadly I left the even more beautiful future Mrs. Red Beard….sigh). On a lot of flights that across…
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Richard Lester was the guy who captured the heyday of The Beatles in A Hard Day’s Night and Help!, two films that showcased the group’s spirit, energy, talent and sense of humor. But today, the 79-year-old filmmaker lives a quiet…
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Many years ago, my then-girlfriend confided in passing that the reference being made by the jokey character name “Charles Pfister Krane” from the Laverne & Shirley episode “Citizen Krane” had sailed right over her head because she had never seen…
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All of a sudden, Philadelphia is the movie capitol of the world, with two major festivals to its credit. Some back story is in order. A few years ago a group of film fans had a rift with Ray Murray,…
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Last week, Movie FanFare ran a poll asking readers to vote for their favorite “cult classic” film. Not surprisingly, The Rocky Horror Picture Show came out of the gate strong and has a comfortable lead on such worthies as George Romero’s…
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Guest blogger Priscilla writes: How would you do without the electric lights to which you are so accustomed? What if you had only fires and gas lights to see by after sundown? Even better – or more terrifying – what…
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