Along with his iconic gangster roles, James Cagney’s early ’30s Warner Bros. tenure included turns as a cabbie, a race car driver, and–as Marsha Collock discusses here–a tabloid newspaper photographer, in 1933’s Picture Snatcher.
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Six Pix presents a sextet of movie posters representing a particular actor/director/genre. You pick the one you feel is visually the most artistic or best sums up the film. Wanted! Six Pix of Jesse James-related films. Included are: Jesse James…
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In the 1960s James Garner made the jump from small-screen to big-screen star, at ease in both comedic and dramatic roles. This week’s MovieFanFare polls asks you to pick which of Garner’s ’60s film performances is your favorite.
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Guest writer John Greanias looks at the 1943 20th Century-Fox WWII drama Guadalcanal Diary, based on Richard Tregaskis’ first-hand account of the bloody Pacific conflict and released less than a year after the battle’s conclusion.
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It was 74 years ago that they were marching on Atlanta…to the Fox Theater, to be precise, for the world premiere of Gone With the Wind. We’ve got more cinema signposts that you may give a darn about.
Read more →Maybe you heard: Ben Affleck is the new Batman! Maybe you also heard: He directed “Argo,” the Best Picture winner of last year’s Oscars. Those two facts make rendering the overrated/underrated verdict a challenge…but our Cinema Crusader is ready. POW!
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Some (most?) movies you forget about the second they’re over. Some few others are skillfully made enough to linger in your mind, or even get you talking. Low of budget but high on smarts and expert in execution, “Coherence” is a brain-twister to savor.
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Six Pix presents a sextet of movie posters representing a particular actor/director/genre. You pick the one you feel is visually the most artistic or best sums up the film. This Six Pix is a stroke of genius. Included are: Rembrandt…
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After literal decades of legal wrangling, the makers of the 007 films are able–as well as ready and willing–to bring back iconic nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld to menace Bond once more. Here’s our thoughts on who should get to pet the kitty.
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It was exactly 110 years ago this week that film storytelling as we know it had its genesis with the release of Edwin S. Porter’s The Great Train Robbery. We’ve drawn on other movie mileposts to share.
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