It was 40 years ago this week that The Rocky Horror Picture Show opened–and failed–In U.S. theaters before going on to become the iconic “cult movie.” If you’re shivering with antici…pation for more Hollywood trivia, just take a peek inside.
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Good Guys Wear Black: 80 Years of Hopalong Cassidy
The year marks the 80th anniversary of William Boyd’s film debut as Hopalong Cassidy. To celebrate, we’ve rounded up a saddle bag full of fun facts and trivia about the black-clad and (occasionally) limping cowboy hero of movies and TV.
Read more →Poll: What’s Your Favorite Film/TV Version of Cinderella?
To mark this week’s release of Disney’s new live-action Cinderella, we’d like you to vote for your favorite film or TV version of the fairy tale classic. Julie Andrews, Lesley Ann Warren, Drew Barrymore, Betty Boop…who wore the glass slipper best?
Read more →This Week in Film History: 9/13/15
“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.” So began director Martin Scorsese’s Mafia classic Goodfellas, which debuted 25 years ago this week. If this fact amuses you, we have plenty more bits of movie trivia for you inside.
Read more →The Martin Milner Performance I’ll Always Remember
Actor Martin Milner, who died this week at 83, was best known as the star of two hit TV dramas, Route 66 and Adam-12. So what made his one-scene appearance alongside Henry Fonda in the 1955 film Mister Roberts so memorable? Read on to find out.
Read more →Poll: What’s the Best Labor Union-Themed Movie?
They’ve been depicted in dramas (Norma Rae, On the Waterfront), comedies (Gung Ho, I’m All Right, Jack) and even musicals (The Pajama Game). For Labor Day, we’d like you to vote for which labor union-related movie you think is the best.
Read more →This Week in Film History: 9/6/15
It was 90 years ago this week–long before he became a Broadway star–that The Phantom of the Opera made his screen debut, with the legndary Lon Chaney behind his own make-up as the cellar-dwelling madman. More fascinating film facts are ready to be unmasked inside.
Read more →Dean Jones: More Than a Disney Hero
Baby Boomers know him from such Disney films as That Darn Cat! and The Love Bug, but Dean Jones was adept at both comedy and drama, and a Broadway star, to boot. MovieFanFare remembers the actor, who passed away this week at 84.
Read more →Wes Craven: Remembering Movies’ Master of Nightmares
Groundbreaking horror film writer/director Wes Craven died this past weekend from cancer at 76. We look back at the career of the man who “dreamed up” Freddy Krueger and turned “slasher movie” conventions on their ear with Scream.
Read more →Coming Attractions: DVD and Blu-ray Releases for September
The box-office hits Furious 7 with Paul Walker and Vin Diesel, Melissa McCarthy in Spy, and Pitch Perfect 2 with Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson are among the films to look for on home video in September. We’ve got more of this month’s upcoming releases featured inside.
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