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Poll: What’s Your Favorite 1980s Sci-Fi Movie?

03.15.21 | Jon Morgereth | Tags: 1980s, Aliens, Back to the Future, Blade Runner, blockbusters, Cocoon, Dune, E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial, Escape from New York, Flash Gordon, Heavy Metal, Predator, Return of the Jedi, Robocop, science fiction, Starman, The Abyss, The Empire Strikes Back, The Fly, The Road Warrior, The Terminator, The Thing, They Live | no comments

For this week’s poll, we want you to pick your favorite science fiction film of the 1980s. This is a deceptively complicated ask, as the decade was packed with sci-fi blockbusters that not only defined the era, but helped mold…

Poll: What’s Your Favorite Wilford Brimley Performance?

08.03.20 | Jon Morgereth | Tags: Character Actors, Cocoon, In & Out, MovieFanFare Mega Mondays, Seinfeld, Tender Mercies, The Natural, The Thing, Wilford Brimley | 4 comments

As we mentioned earlier, Wilford Brimley died on Saturday at the age of 85. With a career spanning over 40 years, Brimley settled into everyman roles in projects ranging from John Carpenter‘s 1982 remake of The Thing to his breakout…

Poll: What’s Your Favorite Brian Dennehy Performance?

04.17.20 | Jon Morgereth | Tags: Brian Dennehy, Cocoon, Death of a Salesman, F/X, First Blood, Jack Reed, Presumed Innocent | 8 comments

Brian Dennehy, the veteran character actor best known for his relatable everyman roles, has died at the age of 81 of natural causes. For five decades the Connecticut-born star of stage (he won two Tony awards for his theatrical work),…