Which are the scariest Stephen King movies? See if any of the King films that give you the creeps are here, and scare up your own picks in the comments!
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Monthly Archives: June 2015
The Phantom of Crestwood (1932): Media Cross-Over, ’30s Style
Movies taken from TV shows (and vice versa) are common now, but 1932’s The Phantom of Crestwood was a media tie-in pioneer. Guest writer Constance Metzinger pulls the mask off the 1932 RKO whodunit, based on a radio series and write-in contest.
Read more →Originally Starring 6
Marlon Brando as Lawrence of Arabia? Captain Blood with Robert Donat? For our sixth installment of Originally Starring, we continue telling the back stories of actors who won (or lost) choice roles and the reasons why they did.
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Christopher Lee Film Role?
In over 65 years and more than 250 films he was a monster, a vampire, a mummy, a mad monk, a wizard and a Sith lord. This week’s poll honors the great Christopher Lee, who died last week at 93, and asks which of his screen roles was your favorite.
Read more →This Week in Film History: 6/14/15
The era of the Hollywood “Summer Blockbuster” began 40 years ago this week, with the debut of director Steven Spielberg’s aquatic actioner Jaws. There are so many more memorable movie moments inside you’re going to need a bigger computer (not really).
Read more →Christopher Lee: British Cinema’s “Prince of Darkness”
In the movies he was Frankenstein’s Monster and Dracula, Sherlock Holmes and Fu Manchu, Saruman and Count Dooku. MovieFanFare remembers the life and career of British horror/sci-fi cinema icon Christopher Lee, who passed away this week at 93.
Read more →George C. Scott’s Rage
George C. Scott’s character turns to “Rage” when his government lies to him. Read on to see why the star/director’s brutally dark 1972 movie speaks to us right now.
Read more →The Marx Brothers Spend A Night in Casablanca (1946)
The fabled Moroccan city gets turned upside down by The Marx Brothers, as Groucho, Chico and Harpo tangle with Nazi art thieves in A Night in Casablanca. Guest writer Steve Bailey checks out the 1946 comedy, the boys’ penultimate film as a team.
Read more →Female on the Beach (1955): Life’s a Beach, and So Is Joan
Widow Joan Crawford inherits an oceanfront home and falls for local gigolo Jeff Chandler, who may have killed its last resident. For the Beach Party Blogathon, MovieFanFare slathers on the sunscreen and reviews the campy 1955 melodrama Female on the Beach.
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Ava Gardner Film Role?
She was considered by many to be the most beautiful woman in Hollywood, and in her career she shared the screen with everyone from Bogart to Gable to The East Side Kids. This week’s poll asks which film role of Ava Gardner’s is your favorite.
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