It was 75 years ago this week that writer/director/star Charlie Chaplin’s bitingly funny send-up of Hitler’s rise to power, The Great Dictator, opened to commercial and critical acclaim worldwide, despite being banned in Germany. Find more classic movie moments inside,
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Hot on the heels of last week’s review of Galaxy of Terror, writer Fred Burdsall concludes his classic twin bill of Roger Corman-produced sci-fi/horror flicks with a visit to the 1982 shocker Forbidden World, starring Jesse Vint and June Chadwick.
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She’s a telephone lineperson by day, an aerobics instructor by night, and now–thanks to a cursed sword–a mistress of the martial arts. Guest writer Todd Liebenow dons black pajamas and legwarmers to review the 1984 actioner Ninja III: The Domination.
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You’re the judge and jury in MovieFanFare’s Character Witness column. This time we compare Faye Dunaway as Diana Christensen in Network and Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest. Read our arguments, then hand down your ruling in the comments.
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With this week marking 53 years since the U.S. debut of Dr. No and the latest James Bond film, Spectre, set to open next month, we offer this classic critique by writer George Allen of the first man to play 007 on the big screen, Sean Connery.
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His starring turn in 1964’s A Fistful of Dollars revitalized the western genre, and his 1992 frontier coda Unforgiven won a Best Picture Academy Award. This week’s poll rounds up Clint Eastwood’s western films and asks you to pick your favorite.
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Moviegoers learned to count to 10 in droves when hapless Dudley Moore pursued dream girl Bo Derek in director Blake Edwards’ romantic farce “10,” which opened 36 years ago this week. We’ve got a lot more than 10 fun film facts awaiting inside.
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For over 60 years he’s written, directed or produced over more than 400 movies of all types. In this classic review, author Fred Burdsall blasts off with the Corman-produced 1981 sci-fi shocker Galaxy of Terror, starring Edward Albert and Erin Moran.
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Today is the 60th anniversary of the car crash death of Hollywood icon James Dean…with whom MovieFanFare’s Gary Cahall shares a (distant) paternal relative. Check out the story, and let us know if there are any Hollywood notables in your family tree.
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The legendary lord of the jungle first swung onto movie screens 97 years ago in Tarzan of the Apes, with Elmo Lincoln in the title role. Guest writer Fritzi Kramer goes out on a limb–er, vine–to review the 1918 silent adventure saga.
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