Made during the ’70s heyday of disaster films, The Big Bus spoofed its more serious colleagues with a tale of a New York-to-Denver trip on the nuclear-powered title vehicle. Guest blogger Tdod Liebenow gets behind the wheel of the 1976 comedy for a review.
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Remember when women were only good for batting their eyelashes or being tied to the railroad tracks? Here’s proof they weren’t all “damsels in distress,” and some questions about where women stand today in the world of moviemaking.
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Since its inception in 2002, 13 films–Shrek, Spirited Away, Up and Frozen among them–have claimed the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Vote in this week’s poll for your favorite Oscar-winning ‘toon.
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We’re telling the truth: Walt Disney’s second animated feature film, Pinocchio, debuted 75 years ago this week. There’s no need to wish upon a star for more fun dates from Hollywood’s past…just read inside!
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As part of our ongoing salute to the Oscars, MovieFanFare reprints Irv Slifkin’s look at the 51st Annual Academy Awards in 1979, an evening which saw wins for The Deer Hunter, Jon Voight and Jane Fonda and was highlighted by John Wayne’s final turn at the podium.
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You may remember him as Inspector Lestrade, always a step behind Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock Holmes in the 1940s. Guest writer Constance Metzinger goes beyond the badge to examine the life and career of British character actor Dennis Hoey.
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In case you missed it, January 6th was Sherlock Holmes’ birthday. To salute the great detective, this week’s poll wants to know which actor–Basil Rathbone, Jeremy Brett, Benedict Cumberbatch, and more– is your top movie/TV Holmes.
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The military comedy movie genre would never be the same after Robert Altman’s outrageous Korean War satire M*A*S*H, which opened 45 years ago this week. More fascinating facts from the history of film are featured inside.
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The annual furor over the Academy Award nominations (this year’s omission of Selma’s David Oyelowo, for one) is a tradition as old as the Oscars themselves. In this classic article, writer Brian Sieck offers alternate picks for five of the Academy’s winners.
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Henpecked family man Egbert Sousè (W.C. Fields) gets a new lease on life when he’s hired as The Bank Dick. Guest writer Steve Bailey reviews the bulbous-nosed funnyman’s comic gem, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year.
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