In a movie like 1980’s Airplane!, where the jokes are zooming past viewers at a rate of several per minute and the starring cast includes veteran stars the likes of Lloyd Bridges, Leslie Nielsen and Robert Stack, it takes a…
Read more →: French inventor/film executive Leon Gaumont demonstrates his Chronophone system of showing films with synchronized phonograph cylinders. November 7, 1902 November 4, 1907: The Chicago City Council Ordinance forbids the showing of “obscene and immoral pictures” and grants police…
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This past summer’s news that the Walt Disney Company was buying Marvel Entertainment in a reported $4 billion cash and stock deal had fanboys (and fangirls) of all stripes burning up the Internet for weeks with snarky suggestions (the long-awaited Donald…
Read more →MovieFanFare’s mysterious columnist Dr. Strangefilm makes a spectral appearance in Ghouly Irv’s spooky domicile to discuss some oddly uncanny classics, and finally, Movie Irv welcomes a guest critic from the Movies Unlimited staff to compare notes on picks for the…
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Though the hockey mask is now iconic, it was world renowned make-up artist Tom Savini who created the original look for young Jason Voorhees (Ari Lehman) for the first Friday the 13th movie. Below are more stills of boogeyman Jason…
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Both are victims of supernatural curses. Both stalk their prey by the light of the moon. And, to both, normal humanity is just so much fast food on the hoof. Vampires and werewolves have been among the most “loved” monsters in…
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Quick, cinephiles: What do you think of when we say the name “Samuel Fuller”? Film noir? A forceful, primitive directing style? A big, smelly cigar? It certainly wouldn’t be sensitivity, feminism or ha-ha funny. But according to Christa Lang Fuller,…
Read more →October 25, 1925: France’s star of silent slapstick comedy Max Linder, 41,and his young wife are found dead in a Paris hotel, victims of an apparent suicide pact. October 30, 1948: A major shift in the shape of the film…
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As a character actor, Bruce McGill never looks a gift horse in the mouth. So, when he was about to sign a contract to trade an acting gig for a free vacation, he was ready to sign on the dotted…
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