Continuing our survey-by-decade of too-good-to-be-forgotten cinema, we’ve reached back to the Reagan Era for more recommendations for revisits.
Read more →Underrated Films of the ’80s
Monthly Archives: May 2014
James Stewart Finds No Highway in the Sky
Years before Zero Hour and Airport, James Stewart played an aeronautics engineer who takes desperate steps to stop a transatlantic flight from ending in disaster. Guest blogger Constance Metzinger takes off with a look at 1951’s No Highway in the Sky, co-starring Jack Hawkins and Marlene Dietrich.
Read more →This Week in Film History, 05.11.14
It was exactly 70 years ago this week that screen cowpoke Roy Rogers roped himself a leading lady–on-screen, then off–when Dale Evans co-starred in The Cowboy and the Senorita. We’ve wrangled more movie milestones for inspection.
Read more →We’re Not Dressing: Because We Can’t, Really
Easy-going sailor Bing Crosby and snooty rich gal Carole Lombard are drawn together when a yacht sinking leaves them and their fellow passengers stranded on a remote island. Guest blogger Danny Reid sets sail with a review of the 1934 pre-Code Paramount comedy We’re Not Dressing.
Read more →Cinema Arachnida: Of Spiders and Men
A certain web-spinning superhero may have audiences cheering now, but spiders haven’t always been so friendly on the big screen. Let’s take a look at some memorable eight-legged movie menaces, from 1955’s Tarantula to the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings franchises.
Read more →Who’s Your Favorite Movie Doc Holliday?
Last week,MovieFanFare asked for your favorite film Wyatt Earp.Today’s poll looks at his O.K. Corral compadre, Doc Holliday. Victor Mature, Kirk Douglas, Val Kilmer and Dennis Quaid are among the dentists-turned-gunslingers aiming for your vote.
Read more →This Week in Film History, 5.4.14
It was exactly 80 years ago this week that a slap-happy trio known as The Three Stooges hit the big screen in their first Columbia short and a four-year-old wonder named Shirley Temple made her first musical for Fox. Read about these and other notable Hollywood anniversaries below.
Read more →’80s Monster Movie Faves
Cabbage Patch Dolls, leg warmers, Milli Vanilli: The 1980s had its share of scary items. But how do your movie memories compare to guest blogger Barry P.’s countdown of the 13 top horror film creatures from the Age of Reagan?
Read more →The Latest Buzz on New & Upcoming DVD Releases
We’re firing up the crystal ball to share breaking news about the latest in long-sought movie and TV treasures that will be coming your way to DVD and Blu-ray in the coming months. .
Read more →The Americanization of Emily: Love and Cynicism in WWII England
With fine performances from Julie Andrews and James Garner and a Paddy Chayefsky script, 1964’s The Americanization of Emily blended WWII romance with an attack on war movie conventions. Guest blogger Kristen Lopez offers her take on this still-controversial MGM release.
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