Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë’s 1847 gothic novel of doomed love, dark obsession, and revenge, has always been the perfect story for screen adaptations. And there have been many of them over the last hundred years. The first was a…
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Some cynics out there might call this the perfect weekend: a Friday the 13th followed by Valentine’s Day. Here at MovieFanFare, we’ll wear our heart on our sleeve (yuck!) for this calendrical conjunction of misfortune and amour while we ask…
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Derided by critics when first released, the 1980 romantic fantasy Somewhere in Time found its audience over the decades and this year celebrated its 45th anniversary. It’s based on the novel Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson, who also wrote the…
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Today is, of course, Valentine’s Day. A recent news article stated that every year Americans purchase over 36 million boxes of chocolates to give to their sweethearts on the 14th of February…but there’s no precise statistic as to how many…
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A plain young woman and a scarred war veteran find love and beauty with each other inside The Enchanted Cottage. Guest writer Constance Metzinger opens the door to the 1945 RKO fantasy/romance starring Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young.
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It’s a term no self-respecting man wants to hear, but why do the words “chick flicks” strike more fear in the hearts of guys preparing for date night than any horror film? In this classic post, author Brian Sieck offers a few answers and some viewing options.
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For a pre-Valentine’s Day treat, we’re offering this classic look at some classic love triangle movies–Gone with the Wind, Vertigo, Pretty in Pink, the Twlight films and more–as seen by the guys and gals who wound up on the outside looking in.
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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.
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Among the most-requested movies from DVD collectors around the world is Rose Marie (1936), and continues to be one of the most popular works of screen singing team Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. The 1954 version of Rose Marie…
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Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and as such, love is in the air. With that in mind, here’s a question for you: what do you think the most romantic movie of all time is? Do you think it is a classic…
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