Rip Torn, the veteran actor known for playing a string of complex and cantankerous characters, has died at the age of 88. An Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee for his work in the 1983 drama Cross Creek, Torn is perhaps…
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Guest Review: Walt Disney’s “Candleshoe”
Michael Innes, who is best known for his novels featuring detective Sir John Appleby, was a prolific author for over fifty years (1930s-1980s). In 1953, he penned a little book entitled Christmas at Candleshoe which Walt Disney Studios subsequently produced…
Read more →This Week’s New Releases Include “Little,” “Pet Sematary” and Greta Garbo Classics from the Vault
It’s been awhile since we’ve had a week crammed with as many great new Blu-ray and DVD releases as this one! Now available are everything from recent theatrical hits to an assortment of Greta Garbo classics unearthed from the Warner…
Read more →Which Film from the Summer of 1989 Is Your Favorite?
For the past couple of weeks, MovieFanFare has been celebrating the 30th anniversary of the summer movies of 1989. This was a film season that gave us contemporary classics like Do the Right Thing, Batman, Dead Poets Society, Lethal Weapon…
Read more →Flashback Friday: Bette Davis Meets Walt Disney
Bette Davis was one of the greatest actresses who ever lived, in my opinion. She could pull off sultry sirens, innocent ingenues and beastly characters with equal panache. One only has to watch Dark Victory, All About Eve or Whatever Happened to…
Read more →Guest Review: The High Commissioner
Espionage films were all the rage in the mid-1960s, a fever that had been ignited by Ian Fleming‘s James Bond spy series. George Segal investigated neo-Nazis in The Quiller Memorandum (1966), Michael Caine had starred in the Harry Carter films…
Read more →“Escape Plan: The Extractors” and Other Explosive New Blu-ray and DVD Releases
With Fourth of July week upon us, the fireworks aren’t confined to the sky. There’s a number of explosive new DVD and Blu-ray releases making their home video debuts this week. So set aside some time in the coming days…
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