An middle-aged banker is offered a chance at a new identity and new life by a mysterious company in director John Frankenheimer’s Seconds. Guest writer Kim Wilson offers her take on the innovative 1966 sci-fi thriller starring Rock Hudson and John Randolph.
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Cowabunga! Another “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” movie is here, and it’s probably going to rake in the green…surely a testament to the earning power of broccoli-colored blockbuster heroes everywhere…right?
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More adult themes and complex characters marked the western movie genre in the 1950s. This week MovieFanFare saddles up and asks you to pick your top ’50s-era frontier flick: High Noon, The Searchers, and Shane are among the choices.
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TV cop Jack Webb traded in his police badge for a press pass, playing the hard-edged managing editor of a Los Angeles newspaper, in -30-. Guest writer Raquel Stecher reports on the taut 1959 drama, which Webb also directed.
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It was 85 years ago this week that four madcap siblings known as Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo burst onto film screens in The Cocoanuts. There’s no “secret word” needed to read about this and other notable cinematic anniversaries inside.
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Who are the five best movie actresses working today? Movie Irv is here to fill you in on the women he feels deserve your rapt attention at the movies; check his picks and then give us your own!
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Will Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, debuting this weekend, lead to a sci-fi/fantasy film series as successful as the ones depicted here? See Jason’s poster picks from six franchises and vote for which one best sums up the film it represents.
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She went from innocent stage heroine to dour and determined English aristocrat on the screen. For our latest Scene Stealer, guest writer The Lady Eve salutes the life and career of three-time Academy Award nominee Gladys Cooper.
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