Countless characters have died in the movies. Movie Irv gets his chance to name the character whose onscreen demise he found the most unfair (Hint: Played by a big, blue-eyed star)…and then you get to save your favorite of the cinematically departed!
Read more →Monthly Archives: December 2013
Joan Fontaine: Hitchcock’s Oscar-Winning Damsel in Distress
MovieFanFare looks back at the life and career of Academy Award-winning actress Joan Fontaine, star of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca and Suspicion, who passed away this week at the age of 96.
Read more →Peter O’Toole: The Lion at Rest
His nearly 50-year film career, covering everything from historical epics to broad comedy, garnered him global acclaim and eight Oscar nominations (but no wins). Movie FanFare remembers actor Peter O’Toole.
Read more →Falling in Love with Film Again via the Gay Divorcee
Sometimes even a die-hard movie fan’s interests wander, until some film revives them. Guest writer The Lady Eve shares how the 1934 Astaire-Rogers classic The Gay Divorcee reintroduced her to the world of classic cinema.
Read more →Six Pix: Initials
Six Pix presents a sextet of movie posters representing a particular actor/director/genre. You pick the one you feel is visually the most artistic or best sums up the film. Six Pix features “period” posters. Included are: D.O.A. (1950); MASH…
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Peter O’Toole Film Performance?
This past weekend legendary Irish-born actor Peter O’Toole died at the age of 81. MovieFanFare remembers the eight-time Academy Award nominee in this week’s poll, and asks for you to vote for your top O’Toole film performance.
Read more →This Week in Film History, 12-15-13
It was exactly 90 years ago that Cecil B. DeMille treated audiences to the spectacle–for the first time, as it would turn out–of his vision of the Moses story with the release of The Ten Commandments. We’re handing down even more Tinseltown trivia for your consideration.
Read more →Christmas in Connecticut: Stanwyck as Domestic Goddess
One of the best-loved Yuletide-themed comedies, 1945’s Christmas in Connecticut–starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan and Sydney Greenstreet–is the focus of Marsha Collock’s review.
Read more →Can We Still Talk About Great Movie Dialogue?
Is great movie talk a lost art of the movies? Hear Movie Irv dish on dialogue and then channel your own inner Chayefsky in the comments section…
Read more →Movie Poster Doppelgangers: Cheaper by the Dozen
Proving without a doubt that there’s dozens of poster lookalikes, we’ve arrived at the twelfth installment of the Doppelganger series. Since the holiday season is coming fast upon us let’s start off with something Christmas-themed—no re-gifting, please! Season of…
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