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Bettie Page: The Pin-Up Queen of the Universe
Guest blogger FCEtier writes: She was Playboy’s “Miss January” in 1955. I was two years old. In the era of the “sweater girls,” it would be years before I became aware of Bettie Page and what a “pin-up” was. Mangham,…
Read more →Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things
Wow. Is it that time again already? Seems like it was just yesterday. Oh well, let’s check and see what’s in the bag for us this month. Ooh, I like this one. A good low budget zombie film that is…
Read more →The Taking Of Pelham 123
You know the drill. Below is a classic movie photo with Jason’s caption. You’re encouraged to leave your own suggestion in the comment section below! Meet Walter Garber: the strictest crossing guard in the world.
Read more →This Week In Film History, 03.13.11
March 18, 1910: An important entry in the nascent horror genre is the Edison Company’s Frankenstein, with stage veteran Charles Ogle as the monster. March 13, 1934: Walt Disney, accepting his prize for The Three Little Pigs, is the first…
Read more →Blade Runner Sequels, Cult Films, Commodity Culture
Guest blogger Chuck Tryon writes: I’ve been fascinated by the response to the news that Alcon Entertainment, best known for bringing us The Blind Side, has secured TV and film rights to Blade Runner, a move that would allow them to do…
Read more →A DVD “Sugar-Charged Saturday Morning Supershow”
Last week, MovieFanFare introduced a poll asking people to vote for their “favortie classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon series.” Now, the distinction between “classic” and “modern” can be a tricky one–after all, to those readers 40 and under shows like SuperFriends, Hong Kong Phooey…
Read more →A “Glowing” Review of Murder, He Says
Pollster Fred MacMurray gets mixed up with homicidal hillbillies, glow-in-the-dark grannies, and a hidden fortune in the zany 1945 comedy Murder, He Says, co-starring Helen Walker, Porter Hall and Marjorie Main. Check it out, we says!
Read more →What’s Up, Docs?
Just because a documentary is well-received doesn’t mean you will get a chance to see it—at least in theaters. That’s why the DVD market has proved to be so important in the world of factual films. Consider this year’s Oscar…
Read more →Scary Clown Trivia? You Bet My Life!
How well do you know your scary clown horror movie trivia? Hopefully better than “Grouchy” Irv’s contestants, because they have bet his life on answering correctly…and they’re not doing so well! Grouchy tests their knowledge (and his patience) as he…
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