Vincent Schiavelli, a unique character actor featured in movies like Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Amadeus, Ghost and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Author Gary Cahall presents a well-deserved appreciation.
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20 Reasons Miracle on 34th Street Is the Top Christmas Movie
Type the keyword “Christmas” into the Internet Movie Database, and you’ll get a listing of more than 3,000 film and TV titles stretching back to 1897. Certainly no other holiday comes close to the number of times some aspect of the…
Read more →Poll: What’s Your Top Film Directed By Preston Sturges?
O Captains! My Captains!
Movie FanFare offers a star-spangled salute to the movie and TV appearances of shield-slinging superhero Captain America, from 1944’s Republic serial to this year’s big-budget actioner starring Chris Evans as Cap.
Read more →From Scene to Shining Scene: 50 States in 50 Films, Part Two
Earlier this week, I decided to mark the 4th of July with the first part of an alphabetical cross-country chronicle, listing my picks for the best–or at least the most significant–movie set in each state of the union. The article ended, appropriately enough, in the…
Read more →From Scene to Shining Scene: 50 States in 50 Films, Part One
Sure, there are lots of movies set in New York and California, but can you think of a film located in Delaware, Idaho, or Rhode Island? Movie FanFare salutes America with a listing of 50 memorable motion picutres, one for each state of the union.
Read more →What’s Black and White and in Movies All Over?
Whichever side of the evolution-versus-intelligent design debate you come down on, one thing proponents from both camps can agree on is that there are just certain animals whose look, demeanor and way of life prove that either the random forces of the universe sometimes…
Read more →Remembering Ed Wood’s “Angora Girl”
“A story must be told!’ – Bela Lugosi as “The Scientist,” Glen or Glenda? (1953) Earlier this Spring, fans of Hollywood’s Golden Age mourned the death of two-time Best Actress Academy Award-winner and eight-time bride Elizabeth Taylor. Aficionados of cult movies and…
Read more →Is This a Frank Nelson Tribute? Ooooooh, Is It!
Here at the Scene Stealers corner of Movie FanFare, we try to pay tribute to that large group of often-unsung supporting actors and actresses who rarely received star status or got their name above the title, but still achieved popularity and garnered fans through their performances….
Read more →Toon TV Top 50, Part One: 1949-1985
It sure is heartening to know that I’m not the only Ruff and Reddy fan out there. That’s the lesson I learned from the responses to last month’s article on new DVD collections of 1970s Hanna-Barbera cartoons, where I mentioned how my…
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