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Filling Out an Oscar Pool: My Thoughts on the 2011 Academy Awards
Just thought I would check in real quick before the big (albeit overindulgent and garrulous) ceremony on the 27th to do a rudimentary survey of good old Oscar’s nominations for the best of 2010. Yes, we here at MovieFanFare do…
Read more →Joan Crawford: I Will Prevail
Guest blogger Marsha Collock writes: Joan Crawford is one actress that it has taken me almost a lifetime to appreciate. My first brush with Joan came in her later days, all eyebrows and scary visage. My immediate reaction: I don’t…
Read more →Mantan Moreland: Funny Man in an Unfunny System
Despite being trapped in stereotypical roles in ’30s and ’40s Hollywood, his comic gifts managed to shine through. Our latest Scene Stealer is actor Mantan Moreland, who also made a name for himself in the world of vintage all-black cinema.
Read more →I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951)
In 1945 John E. Rankin, the long serving, bombastic, and racist congressman from Mississippi stated “one of the most dangerous plots ever instigated for the overthrow of this government has its headquarters in Hollywood … the greatest hotbed of subversive…
Read more →Oscar Oddities: A Look at Strange Academy Award Nominations
There are some Oscar nominations that all movie fans can agree on, some that cause constant debate, and some so off-the-wall you have to wonder what the voters were smoking! Read on to see how a man in a gorilla suit can be called a “special effect.”
Read more →Movie Irv Reviews Your Oscar Pool
The time has arrived! Grab your Oscar ballots and listen to the insights Movie Irv and his two expert guests bring to the table. Will The King’s Speech manage a royal sweep? Will enough “friends” declare their “like” of The Social…
Read more →This Week In Film History, 02.20.11
February 25, 1906: Future Universal Pictures president Carl Laemmle enters the moving pictures business with Chicago’s first nickelodeon, the White Front Theater. February 22, 1934: A Depression-weary American public flocks to Frank Capra‘s comedy It Happened One Night, starring Claudette…
Read more →Rushmore
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! It was just another night of swinging delights at The May-December Club.
Read more →Movies That Scared Me – When I Was Young
Remember when a movie’s scary scenes sent you hiding in your theater seat (or behind the sofa it you were watching TV)? MovieFanFare does, and offers a shock-filled selection of the most spine-chilling moments from those bygone (we hope!) days.
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