His Oscar-winning body of work includes the scores for Born Free, Out of Africa, and 11 of the James Bond movies. Guest writer Rick29 offers a quintessential quintet of the best film scores by British-born composer John Barry.
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Like Water for Chocolate, This Couple Had Me Boiling
Have you ever seen one of those classic movie love stories where the idea is for you to want the couple to be together…but you really, really don’t? Welcome to my experience with Alfonso Arau’s much-beloved Like Water for Chocolate.
Read more →This Week in Film History, 9.21.14
Moviegoers went behind bars with Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins 20 years ago this week with the release of the prison drama The Shawshank Redemption. Plenty of other key moments from Hollywood history are waiting to bet set free inside.
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Lauren Bacall Film Role?
Her death last month ended a film career that lasted for 70 years. This week’s MovieFanFare poll salutes Lauren Bacall and asks for your pick for her top screen performance: The Big Sleep, Key Largo, Written on the Wind, and more.
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This Week in Film History, 09.14.14
It’s one of the most iconic scenes ever filmed, and it was shot 60 years ago this week. If you’re “itching” to learn even more dates and facts from Hollywood history, all you have to do is click here.
Read more →Watch the Birdie: Red Skelton’s a Slapstick Shutterbug
Lots of laughs develop when klutzy cameraman Red Skelton comes to the aid of heiress Arlene Dahl in Watch the Birdie. Guest writer Angela Petteys reviews the 1950 MGM comedy, which also stars Ann Miller.
Read more →Richard Kiel: 10 Small Facts About a Big Actor
Fans of the James Bond series mourned the passing this week of actor Richard Kiel, who played the steel-toothed Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker. MovieFanFare shares 10 facts about the seven-foot-plus heavy, his life and his notable film and TV roles.
Read more →The Most Dangerous Game: The Hunt Is On
Joel McCrea and Fay Wray are the quarry on deranged big-game hunter Leslie Banks’ island home in The Most Dangerous Game. Guest writer Barry P. is hot on the trail of this classic 1932 thriller from King Kong co-director Ernest B. Schoedsack
Read more →Machine Guns and Movies: Together Since Forever?
Can you name an action movie in the last 30 years that did not have a machine gun in it? Just one?
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