So far, August isn’t joking around. We are only in the second week of the month and there are so many great vintage and recent theatrical films making their DVD and/or Blu-ray debut this week that it is mind-boggling. Looking…
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Morton Thompson’s best-selling novel Not as a Stranger was adapted wonderfully for the big screen courtesy of United Artists and director Stanley Kramer (who made his motion picture debut with this feature). Originally hitting theaters on June 28, 1955, this…
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When it comes to legendary song-and-dance men, there was no one better than Gene Kelly. Even though its been more than 20 years since he passed, Kelly’s filmography continues to cast a long shadow in Hollywood. The reason for this…
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“Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you if you’re young at heart.” Musicals are so beloved because they allow us to take a break from our reality and experience a world filled with song and dance. In…
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Loosely inspired by actual events, the underrated WWII drama Never So Few blended intrigue, adventure and romance into a story about Allied guerrilla forces in Southern Asia. An American captain (Frank Sinatra) must lead his men against not only the…
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As MovieFanFare’s contribution to the Sinatra Centennial Blogathon, let’s see how a young Frank gave some youngsters a musical lesson in religious tolerance in the Oscar-winning 1945 short The House I Live in.
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This week marks the centennial of the birth of Frank Sinatra, and our poll salutes the Chairman of the Board with a look at his Oscar-winning screen career. Let us know which of Frank’s film appearances is your favorite.
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This week’s airing of HBO’s Frank Sinatra: All or Nothing at All makes it a good time to check out one of Frank’s most powerful screen performances. In this classic post, author Brian Sieck reviews Sinatra’s 1955 drama The Man with the Golden Arm..
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On This Day In Movie History, Featuring a Scandal around actress Ingrid Bergman, the first Star Trek motion picture, and the United Artists rift with the MPAA over Man With the Golden Arm
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Q: What are the chances that The Burglar with Jayne Mansfield and Dan Duryea will be put on DVD? A: We’ve been an advocate of the film noir penned by David Goodis for a long time, especially since it was…
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