Guest blogger Nathanel Hood writes: In hindsight, it’s a little unfair that The Longest Day was destined to be released in 1962, the same year as David Lean’sLawrence of Arabia. As a result, The Longest Day will always be overshadowed by…
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What’s Your Favorite Movie Stunt?
Who doesn’t remember Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (or, more accurately, Mr. Newman’s and Mr. Redford’s stunt doubles) jumping off that cliff? Can cinema fans ever forget James Bond skiing off the edge of Mount Asgard? (Well, I did indeed forget…
Read more →Bogie, James Cagney, MacDonald/Eddy On Tap from Warner
Sweet Prince, Hot Showgirl: The DVD and Blu-ray release of My Week with Marilyn, the Oscar-nominated chronicle of a film gopher’s experience on a 1957 film starring Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Oliver, has prompted Warner Home Video to return that…
Read more →Shane
You know the drill. Below is a classic movie photo with Jason’s caption. You’re encouraged to leave your own suggestion in the comment section below! “Great, now I have to fight a duel with a dislocated shoulder. You’re not making this easy,…
Read more →What’s the Best “Best Picture” Winner from the 1980s?
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Read more →Bringing Up Baby (1938): A Classic Movie Review
Bringing Up Baby (1938) As one of the most delightful screwball comedies of the 1930s, Bringing Up Baby has been enjoyed by generations and all ages. Directed by Howard Hawks, it is the story of befuddled boy meets impulsive girl…
Read more →Best Actor Snubs Over the Years
Where Oscar goes, controversy follows. MovieFanFare has looked at Best Picture Academy Award winners that perhaps shouldn’t have taken home the big prize. Now Irv Slifkin’s taking a glance at some of the miscues that may have occurred in the Best Actor category.
Read more →This Week In Film History, 02.19.12
February 25, 1906: Future Universal Pictures president Carl Laemmle enters the moving pictures business with Chicago’s first nickelodeon, the White Front Theater. February 22, 1934: A Depression-weary American public flocks to Frank Capra‘s comedy It Happened One Night, starring Claudette…
Read more →Paramount Classics On The Way
Paramount Gets Back In the Game: We never understood why a film studio would suddenly take some of their best—and best-selling—DVDs off of the market. We understand there are rights issues sometimes, and licenses expire, and there are other reasons…
Read more →Rampart and the Best of L.A. Noir
In the City of Angels, crime often pays big dividends when it comes to the movies. To some, Los Angeles is a Dreamland, feted in song, film and all matter of art, where warm weather, style and show biz glitz…
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