Every Saturday night at 7pm, a myriad of loyal fans gather around in front of their television screens to watch an American institution unfold. A fanfare of trumpets heralds the approaching wave of bubbles that float down upon the screen, each one bearing…
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What Were Your Favorite Films of 2022?
Happy New Year! Before we kick off a brand new year of posts here on MovieFanFare, we want to take a final look back at 2022. It was a year that gave us huge blockbusters like Black Panther: Wakanda Forever…
Read more →What Movies and TV Shows Do You Ring in the New Year With?
What are you doing New Year’s, New Year’s Eve? New Year’s Eve is a night of celebrations and reflection, but not everyone enjoys heading out for an evening of revelry. A lot of us will spend the evening ushering in…
Read more →What Holiday Films and Shows Will You Watch on Christmas Eve?
Well friends, the big night is upon us! It’s Christmas Eve, and seasonal films and TV episodes will be watched across the world tonight, for these are every bit as much a part of the holiday as trimming the tree…
Read more →Lucille Ball Needs a Little Christmas in 1974’s “Mame”
“Haul out the holly…” You know how sometimes people get a Christmas gift that they don’t like but you think is perfect? That is the sentiment that some people have over 1974’s notorious dud Mame. Lucille Ball stars in the…
Read more →Who’s Your Favorite Character from “Scrooged”?
For this latest holiday poll, we’re focusing on the 1988 holiday film Scrooged. Director Richard Donner‘s hilarious dark comedy is a contemporary retelling of A Christmas Carol starring Bill Murray as Frank Cross, a cruel television executive whose wicked ways…
Read more →Adam McKay Discusses the Films of 1987 on “The Movies That Made Me”
For their fifth season finale of The Movies That Made Me, hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante welcome back writer/director Adam McKay (the genius responsible for films ranging from Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy to Don’t Look Up). The…
Read more →What’s Your Favorite “Christmas-Adjacent” Movie?
We recently asked MovieFanFare readers if they thought that Die Hard was a Christmas movie. As of this writing, a whopping 57% of you did. For this is a film that is considered “Christmas-adjacent” — set during the holidays, but…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: Christmas in Connecticut
Christmas in Connecticut is a perennial holiday favorite thanks to a warm and funny script and unforgettable performances from Barbara Stanwyck, Sydney Greenstreet, Reginald Gardner, and Dennis Morgan. In this fantastic farce, Stanwyck shines as a New York food writer…
Read more →Classic Holiday Moments: A Charlie Brown Christmas
“Charlie Brown is a blockhead, but he did get a nice tree.” It was almost 60 years ago that Charlie Brown first discovered the true meaning of the holiday season when A Charlie Brown Christmas made its debut. Is there…
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