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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Director Robert Altman’s groundbreaking drama Nashville, with an ensemble cast that included Ronee Blakley, Keith Carradine, Shelley Duvall, Henry Gibson and Lily Tomlin opened 40 years ago this week. Hankering for more Hollywood trivia? You’ll find it here; it’s easy.
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How “true” the story of “Sybil” (1976) really is might be argued forever. What’s hardly debatable is Sally Field’s great work and the movie’s universality. Read on to revisit one of the great made-for-TV films of all time.
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Ever love a movie that got bad reviews? MovieFanFare guest blogger Blair Kramer jousts with popular opinion by listing 10 movies critics hated that he loved. Yes: At least one man on Earth likes Howard the Duck AND Wild Wild West.
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To ’80s slasher film fans she was Mrs. Voorhees in Friday the 13th, but Betsy Palmer also worked with Joan Crawford, Jack Lemmon, Henry Fonda and other stars. We look back at the career of the stage/film/TV actress, who passed away last week at 88.
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