Director Douglas Sirk was known for his “women’s pictures,” melodramas filled with noble women facing adversity. They included Magnificent Obsession (1954), All That Heaven Allows (1955), and Imitation of Life (1959). When first released they were panned, but later Sirk’s…
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If you are looking for a very good action thriller, check out The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, a 1974 film that delivers on every front. It stars Walter Matthau as New York City transit policeman Lt. Zachary Garber,…
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Based on a 1950 stage play by Wynyard Browne, 1952’s The Holly and the Ivy bears all the makings of a typical Christmas movie. The British-made drama has beautiful snow falling, decorations being put up, and a family gathering for…
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Anthony Geary, the beloved star of TV’s General Hospital, died Sunday in the Netherlands after having had a surgical procedure three days earlier. Geary played Luke Spencer on the still running ABC soap from 1978-2015. He was introduced as a…
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Derided by critics when first released, the 1980 romantic fantasy Somewhere in Time found its audience over the decades and this year celebrated its 45th anniversary. It’s based on the novel Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson, who also wrote the…
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In his opening to Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy wrote “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” They are also often funny in their own way, as well. Where would storytelling be without…
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Usually here at MovieFanFare we look back at the films from yesteryear: the film noir, the buddy comedy, the war movie, the western, the courtroom drama…well, you get the idea. Today I thought I’d write about some newer films that…
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There are always some movies that fly under the radar of the general public, despite getting major buzz at the independent film festivals. Lost little gems. Some eventually receive their flowers and are discovered years later. Today we are…
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Matinee Idol…Screen Siren.. Child Star…Teen Sensation. All of these archetypes were covered in newspapers and movie magazines extensively back in Hollywood’s Golden Age. Louella Parsons, Hedda Hopper, Walter Winchell, Earl Wilson, Army Archerd, Joyce Haber, Rona Barrett, James Bacon, and…
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“You aren’t too smart, are you? I like that in a man.” Kathleen Turner to Wiliam Hurt in Body Heat (1981) “I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way.” Kathleen Turner as Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)…
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