Some old films had great casts who wound up outshone by other elements. In this classic post, Movies Unlimited founder Jerry Frebowitz talks about how the setting was the star of Man on the Eiffel Tower, Broadway Limited and other vintage pictures.
Read more →Monthly Archives: February 2016
Poll: Which 2015 Film Should Have Been Nominated for Best Picture?
This year’s Academy Awards Best Picture nominee list features eight pictures, but several worthy films didn’t make the cut. We’d like to which know which neglected movie–Carol, Creed, Inside Out and Trumbo, to name a few–you would have been included.
Read more →This Week in Movie History: 2/15/16
After wowing filmgoers in her native Swedish, the alluring Greta Garbo made her Hollywood debut in MGM’s Torrent, which opened 90 years ago this week. We’ve got a torrent of interesting Tinseltown trivia waiting for you inside.
Read more →Six Pix: Love
For Valentine’s Day weekend, MovieFanFare’s Six Pix isn’t sorry to present six posters from an assortment of films, all with “love” in the title. Check them out and let us know which poster you think is the most romantic.
Read more →Taking a Look at Out of the Past Now
A private eye hired to track down a shady businessman’s fugitive mistress makes the potentially fatal mistake of falling for her. Guest writer Barry P. takes a look at Jacques Tourneur’s 1947 film noir gem Out of the Past, with Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer and Kirk Douglas.
Read more →Three Ages (1923): Buster Keaton as Time-Hopping Romeo
The quest for love in the Stone Age, Ancient Rome and modern times was the theme of Buster Keaton’s comedy Three Ages. For the Second Annual Buster Keaton Blogathon, we travel back to 1923 and review Buster’s first feature as director/star.
Read more →Poll: Who’s Your Favorite Multiple Best Director Academy Award Winner?
To date 19 men–Frank Capra, Clint Eastwood, John Ford, and Steven Spielberg among them–have won two or more Best Director Academy Awards. We invite you to vote for your favorite multiple Oscar-winning filmmaker in this week’s poll.
Read more →This Week in Movie History: 2/8/16
Filmgoers on Valentine’s Day weekend 85 years ago flocked to “the strangest love story every told,” as Universal’s Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi, debuted. Looking for more memorable moments from Hollywood’s past? We bid you…welcome.
Read more →Heigh Ho to Heave Ho: 44 Rejected Disney Dwarfs
The picture above shows Dopey, Bashful, Sneezy, Sleepy, Happy, Grumpy and Doc, but Disney’s Snow White almost had dwarfs named Wheezy, Jumpy, Baldy and Deafy! See who else missed the final cut.
Read more →Create-a-Caption: Heat
You know the drill. Inside is a still from the 1995 Al Pacino/Robert De Niro drama Heat with Jason’s caption. You’re encouraged to leave your own suggestion in the comment section below!
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