If you watched TV in the 1960s and ’70s, you’ll recall that viewers had a choice of which beloved character actress to listen to when it came to buying coffee. You could go with the Wicked Witch of the West…
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Even casual classic movie buffs tend to have some familiarity with the plot of Billy Wilder’s 1959 romp Some Like It Hot. Often considered one of the finest comedies in Hollywood history, the film stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon…
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Last night’s 97th Academy Awards ceremony concluded with the indie drama Anora taking home Best Picture. Naturally, this morning saw some Monday morning quarterbacks saying that the voters got it wrong and their choice should have won. Well, MovieFanFare wants…
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For thousands of film buffs, it takes place every February. A photocopied or e-mailed ballot invites you to take part in an Oscar Pool contest. You’ve watched at least some of the nominated pictures, and you’ve diligently researched the others,…
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A good deal has already been written and will continue to be over the next several days regarding the career of renowned actor Gene Hackman, who earlier this week was found dead, along with his classical musician wife Betsy Arakawa,…
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On the eve of the Academy Awards, movie fans were shocked this morning to learn of the death of two-time Oscar winner Gene Hackman and his wife at their New Mexico home. A true everyman, Hackman had a career spanning over…
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Call it the “Cousin Oliver Curse” or “Scrappy-Doo Syndrome.” It’s when a new character is introduced into a long-running TV series with hopes of “refreshing” things, only to meet with negative audience response. One show that managed to survive this…
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Would having a Best Comedy/Musical category enhance or dilute the Oscars? MovieFanFare looks at the idea of splitting the Best Picture Academy Award in two and offers an alternate history of which films would have won from 1928 to the present. .
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Director/co-scripter James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown picked up an impressive three acting nominations at this year’s Academy Awards: Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, and Timothée Chalamet as Dylan. Since 1978’s The Buddy…
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It’s one of the enduring mysteries of the Academy Awards nominating process. How do two performers who seem to have equal billing and equal screen time in a film wind up with one being tapped for the lead category and…
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