Remember when a movie’s scary scenes sent you hiding in your theater seat (or behind the sofa it you were watching TV)? MovieFanFare does, and offers a shock-filled selection of the most spine-chilling moments from those bygone (we hope!) days.
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They Came From Abroad: The Odd Foreign Remake
American filmmakers don’t have a monopoly on remaking movies. Other country’s directors have no problem, officially or unofficially, taking Yankee movie making ideas and crafting them to their own liking. Consider the recent A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle…
Read more →Dutch Treats For The Reagan Centennial
We’ve come not to bury nor praise the life and politics of Ronald Reagan. Just his cinematic endeavors. Let’s separate our opinions from our feelings about his career as a screen actor, for which many termed him “terminally bland.” A…
Read more →Kathryn Beaumont Reflects on Disney’s Alice in Wonderland
Providing the voice for one of Walt Disney’s animated heroines is a cinematic trophy only a handful of actresses can lay claim to. But providing the voice for two of Disney’s animated heroines is a one-of-a-kind achievement that can only…
Read more →Sal Mineo: A Look Into Sal Mineo’s Tragic Life
The title of a new biography by Michael Gregg Michaud is simple enough: Sal Mineo. So it comes as no surprise that the book covers the career and life trajectory of its subject, the late two-time Oscar-nominated actor who made…
Read more →Marjorie Main: Exclusive Movies Unlimited Double Bill DVD
Bounding Main: Marjorie Main is best known as the “Ma” in the Ma and Pa Kettle series made for Universal Pictures in the 1940s and 1950s. But Ms. Main was also a reliable character actress who appeared in such favorites…
Read more →In Praise of Robert Duvall
I’ll keep on acting ’til they wipe the drool. I like the business. I like to do different parts and diverse characters. I haven’t lost my enthusiasm yet! –Robert Duvall I’ve been thinking about Robert Duvall lately. First, I saw…
Read more →Hedy Conversation: The Legend of Hedy Lamarr
There’s a new biography chronicling the life of one of Hollywood’s biggest stars: Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film by Ruth Barton. Holding the book in my hands, I stepped back a few years in time… Hedy Lamarr…
Read more →MGM Again: 87 Years of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio History
Cats may have nine lives, but lions obviously have more. If you don’t believe it, just check out the history of MGM Studios, the fabled Hollywood entity started in 1924 by movie theater tycoon Marcus Loew. The magnate had purchased…
Read more →Your Questions On George Sanders And More
Q: When will they put out a DVD of The Hatchet Man with Edward G. Robinson and Loretta Young? Truly a wonderful movie with the greatest ending of any movie I’ve ever seen. Also George Sanders in The Private Affairs…
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