Guest blogger Marsha Collock writes: There are some stars that earn the adjective “beloved.” Either for their professional or personal contributions, or both, they are adopted by the audience and become a part of the “family.” Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, separately,…
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Movie Fanfare Presents The Morgan Spurlock Interview
He’s eaten nothing but McDonald’s food for a month (in Super Size Me), travelled to dangerous hot-spots in the Middle East to track down the most wanted man in the world (in Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?)…
Read more →Doctor Who Addicts: Doctor Who Collectables And More (UPDATED)
Even as they mourn the recent passing of Elisabeth Sladen, Doctor Who fans are happily gearing up to enjoy their beloved program in a way never before possible: On April 23, the 32nd season (or the sixth season, depending on…
Read more →Ceremony: An Interview With Max Winkler, Matt Spicer
Move over Jason Reitman, Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach. A new generation of filmmakers is about to rule the indie roost. And out from the new stable ride Max Winkler and Matt Spicer, former pals at University of Southern California’s…
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Pre-1960 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie?
Jeanette MacDonald: The Girl of the Golden Voice
Between her successful tenures as a Broadway showstopper and a favorite on the concert stage, this vibrant bronze-tressed soprano delighted film audiences of the ’30s and ’40s in a string of memorable light musical fare. The youngest of three daughters,…
Read more →Nobody Does Bond Better, 006: A Craig-Like Face
For a moment Bond looked up into two glittering eyes behind a narrow black mask. There was the impression of a crag-like face under a hat-brim, the collar of a fawn mackintosh. He could take in nothing more before his…
Read more →Battleship Potemkin (1925): Guest Review
Guest writer Chris Edwards presents a look at a groundbreaking film classic, Battleship Potemkin: “Part One: The Men and the Maggots.” The words are rendered in tall, heavy text. White against black. Spartan, unflinching. Unluxurious, unadorned. Simple, functional. Communist. Scene…
Read more →This Week In Film History, 04.17.11
April 20, 1965: Sidney Lumet’s The Pawnbroker, starring Rod Steiger, takes its place in Hollywood history as the first mainstream film to include female frontal nudity. April 20, 1903: A judgment on appeal in Edison v. Lubin allows a film to be copyrighted…
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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