You ever have one of those days where you have a difficult surgery to perform in the morning, fight off an evil alien invasion in the afternoon, and then rock out, performing an exhaustive concert playing guitar for your rock…
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Throwback Thursday: Experience the Premiere Party for “A Star Is Born”
Set your wayback machines to 1954, because for this Throwback Thursday post we are visiting the premiere party of the classic A Star Is Born. Director George Cukor‘s remake of the 1937 original is a musical tour-de-force starring Judy Garland…
Read more →“Flash Gordon” vs the Merciless Megalomaniac from Mongo
To commemorate the passing of Max von Sydow, we are reprinting this guest post from 2018. We will have much more on the legendary actor’s life and work throughout the week here on MovieFanFare: “Flash! Aaah! Savior of the Universe!…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: The Graduate
You know how this works. Below is a picture from a classic film — in this case, The Graduate — with a funny caption below it. We encourage you to add your own caption in the comments below. Also, a…
Read more →Great Movie Scenes: The Gremlins Go Christmas Caroling
Sure, Gizmo, the furry little creature young Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan) gets for Christmas, is cute and cuddly…until he gets wet and multiplies. And when the offspring eat after midnight, they’re transformed into vicious reptilian monsters that terrorize the citizens…
Read more →Throwback Thursday: Humphrey Bogart Accepts His Oscar for “The African Queen”
We don’t need to tell you what a legend Humphrey Bogart is. By merely starring in Casablanca — a film many believe to be the best ever made — he gained immortality through his work. Never one to rest on…
Read more →Who Ya Gonna Call?: “Ghostbusters” and “Ghostbusters II”
In 1984 Hollywood needed a new blockbuster to fill the void left by the ending of the Star Wars trilogy from the previous summer. Hollywood has never suffered for a lack of mega-hits, at least not since the mid-70’s. Give…
Read more →Throwback Thursday: Halloween III: Season of the Witch Offers Up Spooky Fun
This post originally ran on MovieFanFare in 2017, and we are featuring it again as part of our month-long tribute to scary movies! After Halloween II, John Carpenter wanted to retire the Michael Myers character so he decided that the…
Read more →Throwback Thursday: Experience the Retro 3-D Frightful Fun of “The Mask”
PUT THE MASK ON NOW!!! Not to be confused with the Jim Carrey film of the same name, The Mask is a mind-blowing 3-D horror flick from Canada that was originally released in 1961. The film concerns a psychiatrist who…
Read more →National Classic Movie Day: Five Facts You May Not Know About “Casablanca”
Today is National Classic Movie Day, and we can think of no better way to celebrate than with this post about what many consider to be the best film ever made! Casablanca. Is there a motion picture that conjures up…
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