When one thinks of cinematic werewolves, the first character that generally springs to mind is Lawrence “Larry” Talbot (Lon Chaney, Jr.), the cursed protagonist introduced in Universal’s 1941 shocker The Wolf Man. Despite dying at that film’s end, Chaney went…
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Sure, to mark the release of the new Superman movie we could run a poll asking you to select your favorite Man of Steel. But, as the saying goes, a hero is only as good as the villains he…
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Smurf’s up! Today is the opening of Paramount’s new animated film Smurfs (posters of which trumpet the rather prosaic tagline “Rihanna is Smurfette”). This will be the Belgian comic book characters’ fifth big-screen appearance since 1976’s Smurfs and the Magic Flute…
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Let’s be honest; when it comes to scenic locations and cinematic appeal, the 50 states are not created equal. Take, for example, my home state of Delaware. The Diamond State was the butt of good-natured ribbing by Mike…
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As evidenced by this month’s release of Jurassic World: Rebirth, movie audiences still can’t enough of dinosaurs. The film franchise based on Michael Crichton’s novel is now 32 years old. Prehistoric creatures, however, have been showing up on the silver…
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Six Pix presents a sextet of movie posters representing a particular actor/director/theme. You pick the one you feel is visually the most artistic or best sums up the films. In the world of fictional characters, perhaps the three most universally…
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Editor’s Note: The following is the last of MovieFanFare’s “Fin-tastic Friday” articles marking the 50th anniversary of the release of Jaws. Click here to see our piece on the film’s 1975 theatrical trailer, here for a look at pre-Jaws shark…
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In Universal’s latest entry in the Jurassic Park film franchise, Jurassic World: Rebirth, it’s suggested that people became bored with the notion of looking at dinosaurs. When it comes to the world of motion pictures, that clearly is not the…
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It’s a sad coincidence. With the release of the new Marvel Studios movie The Fantastic Four: First Steps just a few weeks away, the actor who brought his own brand of refined menace to the role of Dr. Doom in…
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He was a memorable movie heavy who seemed to go from laconic to psychotic at the flip of a switch. And in a four-decade-plus acting career that included over 100 motion picture appearances Michael Madsen, who passed away last week…
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