There’s a pleasing irony to reading the many discussions of Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life that refer to the movie as “unconventional.” The implication, naturally, is that we’re being given something so new in cinema that it’s revolutionary, when…
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Since it’s summer and swim suit season, several of us have weight loss on the brain. Looking at thin actresses such as Hedy Lamarr and Claudette Colbert makes losing weight seem impossible. They are so tiny and perfect! Who actually has a 20-inch waist? But…
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Lover Come Back (1961): Movie Review Two years after debuting a sparkling chemistry in 1959′s Pillow Talk, Doris Day and Rock Hudson re-teamed for another romantic comedy, Lover Come Back. Again, they were joined by Tony Randall and a slew…
Read more →June 30, 1929: Alfred Hitchcock‘s Blackmail, which nearly saw completion as a silent film, was re-shot with sound, becoming Britain’s first “talkie.” June 29, 1933: Unable to overcome the scandal that plagued him 12 years earlier, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, 46,…
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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! Same sh*t, different day at the Booth household. When was anything exciting gonna happen?
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This is the debut article of a new MovieFanFare feature we’re calling Character Witness. Here’s how it works: We pick an actor who is known for not one but two recurring characters—in this case Clint Eastwood’s portrayal of spaghetti western…
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Dick Van Dyke is best known as an actor, singer and dancer who made it big in the 1960s over the brief span of years in which he starred in the stage and movie versions of Bye Bye Birdie, TV’s…
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Guest blogger Kitty Johnson writes: A double brandy for me, please, bartender! Now this is classic. A prime Frank Sinatra serenading the luminous Rita Hayworth in George Stevens’ 1957 melo-musical Pal Joey. The film itself is light on plot, and even…
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The Verdict (1982) Movie Review Frank Galvin (Paul Newman) is a down-on-his luck, alcoholic lawyer in Boston. In the past three years, he’s had four cases and spends most of his time either at a bar playing pinball and shooting…
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