Lists of favorite films, stars, directors, performances and characters. Count down the best (or worst) from Hollywood notables past and present.
1. Sweet Smell of Success (1957) — Surprisingly, Burt Lancaster didn’t garner rave reviews nor earn any awards for what I consider his finest performance. In this first-rate adaptation of Clifford Odets’ play, he stars as J.J. Hunsecker, an influential,…
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Ever see a movie and find yourself scratching your head over the rave reviews it received? Guest writer Blair Kramer has, and he offers his own Top 10 list of films which the critics lauded but he didn’t like…including The Ten Commandments and Star Wars.
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WHAT IF…you could pick the next four Marvel movies based on their popular comics characters? Face front, true believers! Check out one fan’s wish list, and tell us which of your favorite titles should get a big-screen treatment from the hugely successful studio.
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Do some director’s cuts have “too many notes”? See if you agree with these gripes about the wrongheaded changes made to five already great movies.
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Which are the greatest movie sword fights? Here are five of the finest examples of film fencing in cinema history. Leave your mark by adding to our list!
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Six decades after its debut, Sunset Boulevard remains one of the most biting big-screen looks at Hollywood. Guest writer Marsha Collock offers her list of 10 key moments, performances and lines from Billy Wilder’s acerbic dark comedy.
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Humphrey Bogart as a vampire? Ronald Reagan and the Dead End Kids? For the Classic Movie History Project Blogathon, we present this classic look at 10 less-than-classic movies released the same year as Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz.
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Which are the scariest Stephen King movies? See if any of the King films that give you the creeps are here, and scare up your own picks in the comments!
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Ever love a movie that got bad reviews? MovieFanFare guest blogger Blair Kramer jousts with popular opinion by listing 10 movies critics hated that he loved. Yes: At least one man on Earth likes Howard the Duck AND Wild Wild West.
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Would having a Best Comedy/Musical category enhance or dilute the Oscars? MovieFanFare looks at the idea of splitting the Best Picture Academy Award in two and offers an alternate history of which films would have won from 1928 to the present. .
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