Read our takes on films of all kinds, from silent pictures and classics from Hollywood’s Golden Age to modern favorites. Comedy, Drama, Action, Horror/Sci-Fi, Musical, Western movies and more are reviewed.
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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Ostriches and hippos dance, dinosaurs fight, and Mickey Mouse battles a magical broom. We mark the 75th anniversary of Disney’s groundbreaking Fantasia with a look at its most memorable moments.
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Exotic action, romance and laughs were in ample supply in Arabian Nights, starring John Hall, Maria Montez and Sabu. As part of the Swashathon! blogathon, we review Universal’s Middle East costume adventure.
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Movers Laurel and Hardy must get a heavy piano up a seemingly insurmountable flight of stairs in The Music Box. Guest writer Aurora reviews the Oscar-winning 1932 short, which she says hits all the right comedic notes.
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Two scientists are abducted by aliens from a nuclear war-ravaged planet in This Island Earth. As part of the Universal Pictures Blogathon, we take off with the 1955 sci-fi epic starring Rex Reason and Faith Domergue.
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Ex-circus performer and chorine Zita Johann becomes the “kept woman” of gubernatorial candidate Paul Cavanagh, only to take the blame for a murder she didn’t commit to save his career. Guest writer Danny Reid exposes The Sin of Nora Moran, a little-seen 1933 drama.
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She’s a telephone lineperson by day, an aerobics instructor by night, and now–thanks to a cursed sword–a mistress of the martial arts. Guest writer Todd Liebenow dons black pajamas and legwarmers to review the 1984 actioner Ninja III: The Domination.
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The legendary lord of the jungle first swung onto movie screens 97 years ago in Tarzan of the Apes, with Elmo Lincoln in the title role. Guest writer Fritzi Kramer goes out on a limb–er, vine–to review the 1918 silent adventure saga.
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Summer may be over, but let MovieFanFare’s master of foul-smelling films, Julian Andre, take you back to the beach with this classic review of the 1986 maritime misfire Jaws: The Revenge, starring Michael Caine and Lorraine Gary.
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Struggling writer Ray Milland is forced to confront his alcoholism after undergoing the ordeals of The Lost Weekend. In this classic post, author Brian Sieck offers his first-time impressions of director Billy Wilder’s Oscar-winning 1944 drama.
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