This week we honor the cinematic genius of stop-motion animation pioneer Ray Harryhausen, best known for such films as It Came from Beneath the Sea, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and Jason and the Argonauts.
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What’s Your Favorite Claudette Colbert Film Performance?
Claudette Colbert’s portrayals of strong WWII women are tributes to her acting ability — or are her comedy roles the ones that define her career? Weigh in and let us know what you think.
Read more →Who’s Your Favorite ’40s B-Western Cowboy?
Okay, pardners, this week we’re hankerin’ to hear who you think the best B-western star of the 1940s was. Mosey on over and cast your vote for Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Hoplaong Cassidy, or other Saturday matinee heroes.
Read more →What’s Marlon Brando’s Best ’50s Film Performance?
Marlon Brando made his film debut and won his first Oscar in the 1950s. This week’s poll asks you to pick his top ’50s performance: Streetcar’s Stanley Kowalski, Johnny “Wild One” Strabler, Guys and Dolls’ Sky Masterson, and more.
Read more →What’s the Worst Live-Action Film Based on a TV Cartoon?
Remember the cartoons of your youth? Classics like Dudley Do-Right, Underdog, Speed Racer, and Yogi Bear have all been made into live-action films. This week we would like to know: What’s the Worst Live-Action Film Based on a TV Cartoon? Vote today.
Read more →Who’s Your Favorite Fictional Film Baseball Player?
To celebrate baseball season we are wondering who your top fictional diamond screen star is? Remember Tab Hunter as Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees and Charlie Sheen as “Wild Thing” Vaughn in Major League?
Read more →Elisha Cook, Jr.: Hollywood’s Lightest Heavy
This installment of “Scene Stealers” spotlights diminutive supporting actor Elisha Cook, Jr., who portrayed hot-tempered gunmen, petty crooks, and shady lowlifes in such films as The Maltese Falcon, Shane and The Killing…and usually wound up slapped, beaten or shot before the picture ended.
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Charlton Heston Film Performance?
Charlton Heston: We would like to know what your favorite Charlton Heston Film Performance? Is it El Cid (El Cid), Moses from The Ten Commandments, or maybe George Taylor from Planet of the Apes?
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Anne Hathaway Film Performance?
This week’s movie poll features Academy Award-winning actress Anne Hathaway. We would like to know which film performance of hers is your favorite? We invite you to take a minute, look at the choices and cast your vote!
Read more →The Evolution of the Movie Caveman
Take a trip back to the Dawn of Time, as Movie FanFare looks at the history (pre-history?) of caveman cinema, from silent comedies with Chaplin and Keaton to Raquel Welch in a fur bikini and to such serious dramas as Quest for Fire and Iceman.
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