Director Tony Richardson’s 1982 film “The Border,” which stars Jack Nicholson in one of his most underrated performances, has a lot to offer to anyone looking for a mature drama about the crisis that has once more taken command of our public discourse.
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Grab your toga and best pair of sandals, because MovieFanFare is taking a big, brawny look at the many big- and small-screen depictions of the mighty Hercules, from silent films and Steve Reeves sagas to Disney cartoons and the new Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson actioner.
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He turned western conventions upside down on TV and in the movies, but that was just part of James Garner’s charm in an acting career that spanned over 50 years. MovieFanFare remembers the Academy Award nominee.
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He was a Broadway producer, a butler, a senator, a Navy doctor…oh, yes, and Nick Charles, too. This week’s MovieFanFare poll salutes William Powell and invites you to vote for which of his non-“Thin Man” screen performances is your favorite.
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June Haver played popular ’20s Broadway star Marilyn Miller in the 1949 Warner Bros. musical Look for the Silver Lining. Guest writer Jessica Pickens reviews the biopic and how it compare to Miller’s trouble-filled real life.
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Like gladiator movies? Then you’ll note that it’s been exactly 55 years since bodybuilder Steeve Reeves first flexed his pecs as Hercules. We’ve labored to bring you even more Tinseltown trivia.
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He was the man frontier film fans loved to hate, causing trouble for Roy Rogers, Gene Autry and other cowboy heroes for over 20 years. Perennial western villain Roy Barcroft is MovieFanFare’s latest Scene Stealer.
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Here’s a hint: Movie Irv thinks this actor-in-waiting would make the perfect Goldfinger.
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So, what are John Barrymore’s only screen performance of Hamlet’s “To Be or Not to Be” soliloquy–and Barrymore himself–doing in a musical comedy with bandleader Kay Kyser? Guest writer Mike Reid reviews The Great Profile’s final film, 1941’s Playmates.
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MovieFanFare wants you to “go ape” in this week’s poll and tell us which movie in either of the simian sci-fi franchises–from the 1968 original to the new Dawn of the Planet of the Apes–is your favorite.
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