With such films as Dracula and Frankenstein, Universal Pictures set the tone for 1930s horror cinema, but other studios sometimes matched–or beat–them in scares. Read about Island of Lost Souls, Mad Love and eight more shock classics.
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show’s US theatrical debut in September of 1976 wasn’t quite what 20th Century-Fox hoped for. Okay, let’s be Frank (no pun intended); the film tanked. Its sole bright spot was at Los Angeles’ UA Westwood Theater,…
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Edward G. Robinson starred as the 19th-century German researcher who fought stigma and skeptics as he sought a cure for syphilis in Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet. For the Movie Scientist Blogathon, we review the 1940 Warner Bros. biodrama.
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One of the most thankless acting jobs in movies must have been as one of Charlie Chan’s would-be detective offspring. After all, how many ways can an performer say “Gee whiz, pop!”? For the venerable Keye Luke, however, playing “number-one…
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Would having a Best Comedy/Musical category enhance or dilute the Oscars? MovieFanFare looks at the idea of splitting the Best Picture Academy Award in two and offers an alternate history of which films would have won from 1928 to the present. .
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“Dying is easy, comedy is hard.” It’s an oft-repeated quote that over the years has been attributed–incorrectly–to both 19th-century Shakespearean stage star Edmund Kean and Hollywood character actor Edmund Gwenn, among others. Gwenn appears to have been the closest, his…
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Did you know director John Huston placed a reference to one of Humphrey Bogart’s worst films in The Maltese Falcon? See what he did inside.
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Her screen career includes turns as a nun, a con artist, a painter, and intrepid reporter Lois Lane. We’re featuring five-time Academy Award nominee Amy Adams in this week’s poll and inviting you to vote for which of her film performances is your favorite.
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Sure, everyone’s heard of Han Solo, Princess Leia and Darth Vader, but do you know Willrow Hood, Malakili and Jocasta Nu? If not, check out MovieFanFare’s salute to 10 of the less-heralded figures from the first six Star Wars films.
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She earned four Oscar nominations in her career, and is best remembered as the big screen’s Auntie Mame. Our poll this week salutes actress Rosalind Russell and asks which of her film roles–from Gypsy, His Girl Friday and more–is your favorite.
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