It was exactly 15 years ago this week that a new opening-day box-office record was set by George Lucas’ long-anticipated prequel, Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace. We’ve got more Tinseltown tidbits than you can shake a lightsaber at.
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Well, one is an unstoppable force of nature wreaking havoc on the world..and the other is Godzilla. MovieFanFare “goes green” with a light-hearted look at the Japanese icon’s six-decade film career and links to classic articles on the Big G and his Monster Island pals..
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It was 60 years ago that movie audiences in Japan–and, two years later, America–were introduced by a monstrous Atomic Age menace now known as Godzilla. Guest writer Sark compares and contrasts the original Japanese Gojira with its U.S. counterpart, Godzilla, King of the Monsters.
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With nearly a half-century before the film camera under his belt, Alan Arkin continues to be one of cinema’s most durable and dependable character players. See if the bombardier is okay with our comprehensive appreciation.
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For movie fans across the country, the coming of warmer weather portends a new season at the drive-in…if you are lucky enough to live near one! After Movie Irv shares some of his fondest drive-in memories, you’re invited to contribute your own.
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To mark this week’s opening of the latest Hollywood take on Godzilla–and the 60th anniversary of the behemoth’s Japanese screen debut–we invite you to vote for your top film starring the world’s most famous Green Monster (sorry, Red Sox fans).
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Continuing our survey-by-decade of too-good-to-be-forgotten cinema, we’ve reached back to the Reagan Era for more recommendations for revisits.
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Years before Zero Hour and Airport, James Stewart played an aeronautics engineer who takes desperate steps to stop a transatlantic flight from ending in disaster. Guest blogger Constance Metzinger takes off with a look at 1951’s No Highway in the Sky, co-starring Jack Hawkins and Marlene Dietrich.
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It was exactly 70 years ago this week that screen cowpoke Roy Rogers roped himself a leading lady–on-screen, then off–when Dale Evans co-starred in The Cowboy and the Senorita. We’ve wrangled more movie milestones for inspection.
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Easy-going sailor Bing Crosby and snooty rich gal Carole Lombard are drawn together when a yacht sinking leaves them and their fellow passengers stranded on a remote island. Guest blogger Danny Reid sets sail with a review of the 1934 pre-Code Paramount comedy We’re Not Dressing.
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