A half-century after her death she remains a symbol of cinematic beauty and one of most iconic stars of all time. Guest writer The Lady Eve traces the enduring legacy of actress Marilyn Monroe.
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Just Give Daniel Day-Lewis His (Third) Oscar Already!
Daniel Day-Lewis is about to win his third Oscar. Well, maybe. I’d predicted his scoring another Academy Award as soon as I read the news he had replaced Liam Neeson in the title role of Steven Spielberg’s much-anticipated historical chamber…
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Well, here we are once again, on the day before Thanksgiving. Aside from marking the start of the Christmas shopping madness season and being a day of overeating to the point of semi-consciousness while trying to avoid sitting next to relatives one doesn’t…
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You know the drill. Below is a classic movie photo with Jason’s caption. You’re encouraged to leave your own suggestion in the comment section below! “Four empty bottles of booze and it’s only 10am. Something you want to tell me, Ingrid?”
Read more →Beauty and the Boss (1932) Starring Warren William: Movie Review
Beauty and the Boss (1932) Bank president Baron Josef von Ullrich (Warren William), like so many men, very much appreciates a beautiful woman. But there’s just one place he doesn’t want to see them — in his office. He keeps…
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Jodie Foster: Clarice Starling (Silence of the Lambs) vs. Iris Steensma (Taxi Driver). Two film roles, which Jodie Foster character portrayal was the best?
Read more →This Week in Film History, 11.18.12
November 18, 1928: Mickey Mouse whistles his way onto the screen in his first speaking performance, in Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie. November 21, 1931: Released only months after Dracula, Universal Pictures has another horror hit in Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff…
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Mary Astor: The Prisoner of Moorcrest
Beautiful Mary Astor (born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke) was the daughter of teachers who didn’t really want to teach. When lovely Lucile showed a talent for acting and became a semifinalist in a Motion Picture Magazine beauty contest, papa packed up…
Read more →The Tarzan Centennial
OK, (vine) swingers: How are you planning to celebrate the Tarzan Centennial? A phenomenon ever since Tarzan of the Apes was first published in All-Story Magazine, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Lord of the Jungle marks a century of dominion over popular…
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