Burt is Ernest: Burt Lancaster leads the cast of Twilight’s Last Gleaming, Robert Aldrich’s much-requested, much-maligned 1977 political thriller. In it, Lancaster plays a renegade U.S. general who escapes from military prison and takes control of a missile silo in…
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When Paddy Chayefsky wrote his Oscar-winning screenplay for Network (1976) it was supposed to be satirical. Lensed through the 1976 eye I’m sure audiences found an opinion-spouting news anchor and a network devoted to developing reality-based programming as absurd. To…
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The 1944 classic Cover Girl is reviewed by Guest blogger Angela Petteys: While working as a dancer in a nightclub, Rusty Parker (Rita Hayworth) hears about a contest being run by Vanity magazine to find a new face for their big…
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Elvis certainly “had a swingin’ time” when he teamed up with the vivacious Ann-Margret and set Sin City ablaze in 1964’s Viva Las Vegas. Guest blogger Angela Petteys rolls the dice with her review of one of the King’s most popular films.
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Mention the term “gladiator movies” to a film fan, and it’s inevitable you will get a response referencing the movie Airplane! The line was uttered by Peter Graves as airline pilot Captain Oveur, who asks a kid visiting his cockpit:…
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One actor. Two film roles. You tell us which portrayal was the best. The most memorable. Or iconic. Or simply your favorite. But before you pass judgment, a few words defending the “character” of each…
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Question: What are the chances we’ll ever see Susan Hayward in I Can Get it for You Wholesale? Answer: You can now get it for yourself at retail, because Fox is releasing it as part of their archives collection. The…
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Sometimes you just want to have an adventure. Fortunately, MovieFanFare can help you out. You see, there’s plenty of excitement to be found in the sword and sorcery epics that highlight this week’s new releases. There’s also classic comedy, recent…
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