This week marks the 81st anniversary of James Stewart’s film debut (in, of all things, a comedy short with Shemp Howard!). To honor the beloved actor, we’re reprinting this classic retrospective of Stewart’s Oscar-winning body of work.
Read more →
Father’s Day was yesterday, so our belated salute asks for your favorite father/son acting pair (or more). Kirk and Michael Douglas, Jerry and Ben Stiller, plus the assorted Bridges, Carradines and Estevez/Sheens: which clan takes the top spot?
Read more →
It was 54 years ago this week that Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn and company set out to destroy an impregnable German fortress in the WWII action classic The Guns of Navarone. More high-caliber Hollywood history awaits inside.
Read more →
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!
Read more →
Movies taken from TV shows (and vice versa) are common now, but 1932’s The Phantom of Crestwood was a media tie-in pioneer. Guest writer Constance Metzinger pulls the mask off the 1932 RKO whodunit, based on a radio series and write-in contest.
Read more →
Marlon Brando as Lawrence of Arabia? Captain Blood with Robert Donat? For our sixth installment of Originally Starring, we continue telling the back stories of actors who won (or lost) choice roles and the reasons why they did.
Read more →
In over 65 years and more than 250 films he was a monster, a vampire, a mummy, a mad monk, a wizard and a Sith lord. This week’s poll honors the great Christopher Lee, who died last week at 93, and asks which of his screen roles was your favorite.
Read more →
The era of the Hollywood “Summer Blockbuster” began 40 years ago this week, with the debut of director Steven Spielberg’s aquatic actioner Jaws. There are so many more memorable movie moments inside you’re going to need a bigger computer (not really).
Read more →
In the movies he was Frankenstein’s Monster and Dracula, Sherlock Holmes and Fu Manchu, Saruman and Count Dooku. MovieFanFare remembers the life and career of British horror/sci-fi cinema icon Christopher Lee, who passed away this week at 93.
Read more →
George C. Scott’s character turns to “Rage” when his government lies to him. Read on to see why the star/director’s brutally dark 1972 movie speaks to us right now.
Read more →Copyright © 2025 MovieFanFare