When Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me debuted at the Cannes film festival in 1992, it was infamously greeted with boos. Why? The audience was expecting something more akin to the quirky tone of Twin Peaks‘ first season than the…
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It’s been 45 years since the debut of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Klutzy knights, killer rabbits, coconut-laden swallows, taunting Frenchmen and other oddities all add up to one of the funniest, most outrageous comedies ever — and the…
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Stuart Gordon, the cult film auteur/showbiz everyman, died earlier this week at the age of 72. Best known for his 1985 Lovecraftian effort Re-Animator, Gordon was also a creative force to be reckoned with in Chicago’s Theater scene — working…
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To commemorate the passing of Max von Sydow, we are reprinting this guest post from 2018. We will have much more on the legendary actor’s life and work throughout the week here on MovieFanFare: “Flash! Aaah! Savior of the Universe!…
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In 1949, an English gentleman by the name of Anthony E. Pratt developed a board game which he dubbed Cluedo. It was sold to a company called Waddington’s in Britain as well as Parker Brothers in the U.S The classic…
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“Go Flash go!” Since Alex Raymond’s fearless hero Flash Gordon first made his debut in the funny pages in 1934, the character has been thrilling audiences. In the aftermath of the release of the original Star Wars — a film…
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This week’s new Blu-ray and DVD releases span the history of Hollywood — from classic studio pictures to monster matinees to contemporary releases and beyond. There’s also an assortment of cult TV titles now available as well, making this round-up…
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For this week’s Create-A-Caption, we are having some fun with the 1998 cult comedy The Big Lebowski. This Coen Brothers favorite stars Jeff Bridges as Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski, a middle-aged slacker whose gutterball existence is disturbed when crooks mistake…
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If Abbott and Costello can be said to have been responsible for ringing the death knell on the Universal Monsters (with their comic turns in such movies as Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein), then William Beaudine can be said to…
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This week there’s a lot of monstrous hits roaring to DVD and Blu-ray. We think you’ll love this latest batch of new releases, all of which would take an honored place in your home video library! Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films,…
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