He may be best known as the director of the original Pink Panther franchise, but filmmaker Blake Edwards was adept at drama and suspense as well as comedy. As a birthday week tribute our poll wants to know which of Edwards’s movies is your favorite.
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“Be vewwy, vewwy quiet. I’m hunting wabbits.” Yes, the first true Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd cartoon–Tex Avery’s A Wild Hare–debuted 75 years ago this week. If you’re searching for even more cinema twivia…er, trivia, we’ve got plenty lurking inside.
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Do some director’s cuts have “too many notes”? See if you agree with these gripes about the wrongheaded changes made to five already great movies.
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His film credits included The African Queen, The Defiant Ones, My Fair Lady and more, but he was also famous on Broadway and in the world of folk music. We remember Oscar-nominated character actor Theodore Bikel, who died this week at 91.
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What’s a film fan to do when you’re up at 5 in the morning and the cable’s not working? For MovieFanFare reader Bill Dunphy, it means popping in a random DVD. His pick: the 1966 Cold War comedy The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming.
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With everyone’s favorite male strippers back on the big screen in Magic Mike XXL, we’d like to hear your humorous comments for this photo from the original film. Check out Jason’s caption and then leave yours below.
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Admit it: you want to watch a film called Asphalt Through the Ages! That’s just one of six vintage, pro-business educational shorts–with such stars as Alan Ladd and Vincent Price–in a newly released DVD, Industrial Strength America, reviewed here.
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Last week saw the release of two exclusive four-film collections featuring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. In this classic remembrance, we look back at two of the beloved musical duo’s movies, Girl of the Golden West and New Moon.
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Happy Apollo 11 Day! With the 1969 lunar landing in mind, we’d like to know what your favorite movie is with scenes set on the moon (and yes, we’re counting Apollo 13 as an option), from the serious (Destination Moon) to the silly (Cat Women of the Moon).
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After making a name for himself on the Broadway stage, Marlon Brando hit movie theaters for the first time, playing a paraplegic WWII veteran in director Fred Zinnemann’s The Men, 60 years ago this week. More memorable moments from Hollywood’s past are waiting inside.
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