She was one of Hollywood’s biggest female stars in the ’90s, but the past decade has been a relatively quiet time for Meg Ryan. Guest blogger David Lobosco examines the reasons why and what’s in Ryan’s future.
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The holidays will soon be upon us, and MovieFanFare wants to know which Yuletide film made since 1993 puts you in the Christmas spirit. From Tim Allen as St. Nick to Will Ferrell as a would-be elf, vote for your favorite in this week’s poll.
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Ask people what their favorite “angel” movie is, and I daresay a majority of movie fans might say “It’s a Wonderful Life,” especially during the holiday season. I go my own way, and pick “Wings of Desire”–at this time of year or any other.
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It was exactly 80 years ago that RKO released the musical Flying Down to Rio, fortuitously giving the second leads to Broadway hoofer Fred Astaire and contract actress Ginger Rogers. We’ve got even more movie milestones ready to take wing.
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On the screen he befriended David Copperfield, was part of the Mutiny on the Bounty, and joined in the Adventures of Robin Hood, but fate cut his career short. English-born actor Herbert Mundin is our latest Scene Stealer.
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His capacity for carousing was nearly as large a source of notoriety as his substantial cinema resume, and we’re offering our two cents about a new chronicle of the wild life and times of the inimitable Oliver Reed.
Read more →Countless characters have died in the movies. Movie Irv gets his chance to name the character whose onscreen demise he found the most unfair (Hint: Played by a big, blue-eyed star)…and then you get to save your favorite of the cinematically departed!
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MovieFanFare looks back at the life and career of Academy Award-winning actress Joan Fontaine, star of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca and Suspicion, who passed away this week at the age of 96.
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His nearly 50-year film career, covering everything from historical epics to broad comedy, garnered him global acclaim and eight Oscar nominations (but no wins). Movie FanFare remembers actor Peter O’Toole.
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Sometimes even a die-hard movie fan’s interests wander, until some film revives them. Guest writer The Lady Eve shares how the 1934 Astaire-Rogers classic The Gay Divorcee reintroduced her to the world of classic cinema.
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