Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner, is celebrating his 88th birthday today! Easily one of the most consistently fascinating individuals in the history of showbiz, Shatner has done it all — from being a counterculture and sci-fi icon from Star Trek…
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I know it’s quazy, but what if you’re in the mood to watch a movie with a title that starts with “Q”? We pondered this question and came up with five quick picks: 1. Quatermass and the Pit (aka Five…
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Part live-action, part animation, all entertainment. That is a pretty accurate description of 1964’s The Incredible Mr. Limpet. The movie stars Don Knotts as Henry Limpet, a glasses-wearing Brooklyn bookkeeper/icthyophile who is stuck on land after being declared 4F by…
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Thwip! Swinging to DVD and Blu-ray this week are the recent Academy Award-winning Best Animated Feature, a follow-up to a Disney classic, more great releases from the Warner Archive and Criterion Collections, and much more. Even though the weather is…
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When I was a naive teenager, I had some misguided issue with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. You see, I was raised with the original Star Wars movies, and never paid too much attention to the Star Trek…
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“The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door.” – The shortest horror story ever written This is the story of a man and his (arguably) masterpiece of speculative fiction. Richard Matheson…
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It was 100 years ago today that the legendary Nat King Cole was born. A lifetime of musical mastery on stage and screen followed, with Cole paving the way for other African-American performers along the way and filling the world…
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“Ten years come and gone so fast, I might as well have been dreaming” – Paul Simon It seems like it was just yesterday that MovieFanFare began, but it was actually almost a decade ago. To commemorate our tenth anniversary…
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Based on the best-selling novel by John Godey, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three is a riveting thriller that remains a watershed moment in 1970s cinema. The movie concerns a quartet of criminals who commandeer a New York City…
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With Alien celebrating its 40th anniversary this year — an event we will have much more on this May — and The Predator currently available on Blu-ray and DVD, we thought we’d get your thoughts on which entry in these…
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