The 98th Annual Academy Awards nominations were announced last week (January 22, to be precise). And as usual with the Oscars they didn’t make everyone happy. Remember this is an Academy that has made many blunders in its past. Glenn…
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It was a traditional kiddie show…that offered humor only adults would get and mocked the conventions of the genre. The host loved to play vintage vaudeville and novelty songs…while he welcomed such guest performers as Jon Bon Jovi, David Johansen,…
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The entertainment landscape was undergoing a seismic shift 75 years ago, as more people were staying home to enjoy such debuting TV series as Dragnet, I Love Lucy, and The Roy Rogers Show. In response, the movies of 1951…
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It is true. Everything old is new again. A major plot point in the 1975 spy thriller Three Days of the Condor has to do with oil. Sound familiar? Robert Redford stars as Joe Turner, a CIA researcher who finds…
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Classic movie fans, rejoice. Warner Archive has just announced its slate of Blu-ray new releases for February. While the snow piles up outside, you’ll be nice and warm in the African jungle with Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan, as…
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On Wednesday Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis celebrates her 70th birthday. Born Virginia Elizabeth Davis in 1956, the Massachusetts native was voted “Most Talented” in her high school class. After briefly studying acting at Boston University, the 6′ tall Davis worked…
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The quote “Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence” could have been written about the lead character in Rolling Thunder, an extremely violent 1977 action revenge thriller. It stars William Devane as Charles Rane, an Air Force Major and…
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Okay, here’s the drill. This week marks the 60th anniversary of the debut of the Batman TV series, starring Adam West and Burt Ward as Gotham City’s caped crimefighters. As devoted bat-fans know, one of the more…er, unusual parts of…
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A superhero film is only as good as its supervillain, and 1966’s Batman had four memorable foes. As part of the Great Villain Blogathon, we shine the Bat-Signal on the menace of the Penguin (Burgess Meredith), Riddler (Frank Gorshin), Catwoman (Lee Meriwether) and Joker (Cesar Romero).
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Editor’s Note: A version of this article was originally published in January of 2016. We’re rerunning it here as part of MovieFanFare’s 60th anniversary salute to the TV series Batman. Supergirl. Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Avengers: Doomsday. A cursory glance at…
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