Has it really been 20 years since audiences first asked the question “Who is Keyzer Soze?” with the premiere of the hit caper film The Usual Suspects? No need to interrogate us for more Hollywood facts; we’ve got a week’s worth of trivia inside.
Read more →Monthly Archives: August 2015
Olive Thomas Spreads Her Wings as The Flapper (1920)
An adventure-seeking schoolgirl gets more than she bargained for when she becomes involved with an older man and some jewel thieves in The Flapper. For the Anti-Damsel Blogathon, we review this 1920 comedy starring silent film beauty Olive Thomas.
Read more →Too Much, Too Soon (1958): Too Much Diana Barrymore, Too Little John
As part of this week’s Barrymore Trilogy Blogathon,MovieFanFare reviews the 1958 biodrama Too Much, Too Soon, starring Errol Flynn as hard-drinking screen idol John Barrymore and Dorothy Malone as his daughter Diana, who followed in his footsteps on and off the screen.
Read more →Walter Huston Meets Lon Chaney in the Kongo, West of Zanzibar
The Walter Huston film “Kongo” is the talkie remake of the silent classic “West of Zanzibar” starring the great Lon Chaney…but Huston actually played “Dead Legs” Flint first. Follow that? Check out our classic post about the two jungle thrillers and tell us which is your favorite.
Read more →Let Freedom Ring…and Nelson Eddy Sing
Nelson Eddy is a Harvard-educated lawyer who returns to his frontier hometown and helps free it from crooked railroad magnate Edward Arnold’s grip in Let Freedom Ring. Guest blogger Jessica Pickens reviews the 1939 MGM western/musical.
Read more →Letter Imperfect Movie Posters 10
In this 10th installment of MoveFanFare’s long-running Letter Imperfect series, more film poster titles are altered ever so slightly—causing enormous “see” changes!
Read more →Craptastic Cinema: Star Crash
Join bad movie connoisseur Julian Andre in a classic look at the Italian-made 1978 sci-fi tale Star Crash, starring Caroline Munro as a sexy space heroine and a pre-Knight Rider David Hasselhoff as the son of interplanetary emperor Christopher Plummer,
Read more →Poll: What’s Your Favorite John Garfield Film Role?
Last week we asked for your top Lana Turner movie. Today we salute her The Postman Always Rings Twice co-star, two-time Oscar nominee John Garfield. Which of his films–Body and Soul, Gentleman’s Agreement, Force of Evil and more–is your favorite?
Read more →This Week in Film History: 8/9/15
Her appearance would change over the decades, but cartoon flapper Betty Boop made her screen debut (as a canine singer!) 85 years ago this week in the short Dizzy Dishes. You can bet your boop we’ve got more fun Hollywood trivia waiting inside.
Read more →A Fantastic Four Marvel Movies to Make Next
WHAT IF…you could pick the next four Marvel movies based on their popular comics characters? Face front, true believers! Check out one fan’s wish list, and tell us which of your favorite titles should get a big-screen treatment from the hugely successful studio.
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