Just as in life, animals have always been part of the movies…especially dogs. In the current Superman film (highly recommended) the Man of Steel’s dog Krypto has a major role. Krypto first appeared in Adventure Comics in 1955. He proved…
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Loni Anderson: ’70s TV’s Sexiest Secretary
If Farrah Fawcett-Majors was the queen of 1970s pin-up models, running a close second was another statuesque blonde in a red swimsuit, Loni Anderson. The TV/film actress, who rose to fame on the 1978-82 CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati…
Read more →Poll: What’s Your Favorite Film Directed by John Huston?
This week marks the 119th anniversary of the birth of Academy Award-winning director, screenwriter, and actor John Huston. Born in the small town of Nevada, Missouri on August 5, 1906, John was the son of vaudeville performer/film actor Walter Huston….
Read more →Six Pix: Naked Cinema
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. Today is the debut of the Liam Neeson reboot comedy The…
Read more →Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet: For Love of Science
Edward G. Robinson starred as the 19th-century German researcher who fought stigma and skeptics as he sought a cure for syphilis in Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet. For the Movie Scientist Blogathon, we review the 1940 Warner Bros. biodrama.
Read more →Poll: Which 1980s Comedy Film Franchise Deserves a Reboot?
This week Liam Neeson makes the jump from action star to funnyman, playing the trigger-happy namesake son of Leslie Nielsen’s Lt. Frank Drebin in the big-screen updating of 1988’s The Naked Gun. Over the last couple of years such popular…
Read more →Another Gray Hare: Bugs Bunny Turns 85 Today
It’s perhaps the most contentious show biz birthday since Jack Benny. Today, however, is the date most animation fans consider to be Bugs Bunny’s natal day. While prototype versions of the character appeared in four earlier Warner Bros. cartoons, beginning…
Read more →So Long, Thunderlips: The Film/TV Career of Hulk Hogan
He was far from the first professional wrestler to be featured in movies. Primo Carnera, “Swedish Angel” Tor Johnson, Mike Mazurki, “Gorgeous George” Wagner, and of course Mexico’s El Santo all preceded him on the silver screen. And since…
Read more →Flame Off!: 1994’s Unreleased The Fantastic Four Film
Today’s the day comic book fans have dreamed of–or dreaded–for years. Marvel’s original Sliver Age superteam makes its long-awaited MCU debut in Disney’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps, starring Vanessa Kirby (Invisible Woman), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Thing), Pedro Pascal (Mr. Fantastic),…
Read more →Ah-hoo, Henry Hull Is the Werewolf of London
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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