A superhero film is only as good as its supervillain, and 1966’s Batman had four memorable foes. As part of the Great Villain Blogathon, we shine the Bat-Signal on the menace of the Penguin (Burgess Meredith), Riddler (Frank Gorshin), Catwoman (Lee Meriwether) and Joker (Cesar Romero).
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Guest writer Laura Grieve deals herself in with a review of 1954’s The Gambler from Natchez, a lush mix of frontier drama and swashbuckling action starring Dale Robertson, Debra Paget and Kevin McCarthy.
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It’s personality quiz time! For our inaugural outing, you’ll tackle a challenging series of five questions to figure out which character in James L. Brooks’ witty 1987 film “Broadcast News” you most resemble.
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The faith-based drama Heaven Is for Real debuted in theaters this past week, but not every film with “Heaven” in its name deals with the afterlife. This week’s poll asks which movie tops your list.
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It’s been 43 years since the “blaxploitation” cycle of the ’70s got its launch with the opening of Melvin Van Peebles’ indie urban actioner Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song. We’ve more stops on the Tinseltown timeline to make.
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Writer/director Joseph Mankiewicz won an Academy Award for his screenplay for 1950’s All About Eve. But was the drama inspired by a true story? Who better than guest blogger The Lady Eve to look at the origins of the classic tale of backstage Broadway backstabbing?
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From the immortal Barbara Stanwyck to King of the Bs Roger Corman to producer/player David Picker, we’ve looked at some new and noteworthy nightstand fodder for the film fanatic.
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After starring on the big screen in everything from musicals to film noir, Dick Powell found further success on TV as producer/host/occasional star of Zane Grey Theatre. Guest blogger Caftan Woman reviews the award-winning frontier anthology drama.
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With the wave of buzz over Lars Von Trier’s explicit effort Nymphomaniac, we’ve taken a survey of cinema history for the films that got the debates rolling in their day.
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She’s the second-youngest actress to receive an Academy Award, and the youngest to have been nominated three times: She’s Jennifer Lawrence, and she’s one of Hollywood’s hottest “It” girls. Let’s hear from Irv about all the hype around her still-young silver screen career.
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