Six Pix presents a sextet of movie posters representing a particular actor/director/genre. You pick the one you feel is visually the most artistic or best sums up the film. The Six Pix of Olympics is about to begin—which poster will…
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Two acclaimed, Oscar-winning actors passed away this past weekend. MovieFanFare takes a moment to remember the lives and careers of Maximilian Schell and Philip Seymour Hoffman, with a focus on a lesser-known role from each man’s remarkable body of work.
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Did you love “Her”? Spike Jonze’s talked-about film and I weren’t the perfect match, but I don’t regret our first get-together, as it led me to a terrific little documentary about the nature of modern love, and thoughts about other great movies on the subject.
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Has it really been exactly 40 years since Mel Brooks’ gloriously improper western spoof, Blazing Saddles, came ridin’ into theaters, a-whompin’ and a-whumpin’? We’ve got a heady mix (that’s Hedley!) of factoids for you.
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Wartime drama, Mafia weddings, nervous romances: the Best Picture winners of the 1970s had it all. Which of the Academy’s picks do you think was the decade’s finest? Let us know in this week’s poll.
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An actor lands a film role. That’s where it all begins, right? Not for Originally Starring. For us that’s the end. We want to know what happened before that (and make some Photoshop magic along the way). For instance, Betty…
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Do you Love Lucy? Dream of Jeannie? As we’ve seen from past “Celebrity Crushes” posts, fans know what they like. Over the years, I’ve become attached to a few feisty TV females–and the beautiful women who’ve played those characters to perfection.
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1994: It was a lot tougher to spend five bucks on a milkshake, and we all wondered what Quentin Tarantino would do for an encore after Reservoir Dogs. With 20 years gone, we look back at the hubbub that surrounded the release of Pulp Fiction.
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Boomers remember him as the Mad Hatter on TV’s Batman, but David Wayne wore many hats in a robust career that covered Broadway and Hollywood. We’re marking the 100th anniversary of his birth with this appreciation.
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A Broadway rivalry, a Bronx love story, a Jules Verne adventure and an Ancient Roman epic were among the Academy’s Best Picture winners in the 1950s. Which film do you think shines above the rest? Vote here and let us know.
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