It may not seem odd in an era of Dark Shadows reruns, Anne Rice novels, and the Twilight films, but one has to wonder what moviegoers thought on Valentine’s Day, 1931. Opening in theatres nationwide was a new Universal picture…
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They were two very different actors who found critical and commercial success before they were old enough to legally drink. One used his deadpan demeanor and hangdog expression to specialize in oddball roles with some of film’s top independent directors….
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Some cynics out there might call this the perfect weekend: a Friday the 13th followed by Valentine’s Day. Here at MovieFanFare, we’ll wear our heart on our sleeve (yuck!) for this calendrical conjunction of misfortune and amour while we ask…
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In Splendor in the Grass (1961), young love is thwarted by societal standards and a meddling father, and the moral of the story might be that sexual repression is not good for the soul. Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty (in…
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It was the final year before sound revolutionized Hollywood, and 1926 offered a number of films that continue to entertain and thrill audiences a century later. From Buster Keaton’s Civil War masterpiece and the final screen role for Rudolph Valentino…
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Four high school babes are trigger-happy criminals by night in the remarkedly awful 1956 crime drama The Violent Years. Boasting a screenplay by an uncredited Ed Wood, the film has a prologue of the girls–ringleader Paula, Georgia, Phyliss, and Geraldine–scowling…
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There’s a certain football championship game coming this weekend. For film fans, though, the real “Super Sunday” is still more than a month away. Hollywood’s biggest night will happen on March 15, when the 98th annual Academy Awards will…
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Now, don’t tell us you don’t remember him. Ned…Ryerson. “Needlenose Ned?” “Ned the Head?” He did the “whistling belly button” trick at the Case Western High talent show? Got the shingles real bad senior year, almost didn’t graduate? Sure, most people think of today,…
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Her nearly 50-year career seamlessly crossed between movies and television. During that span, Canadian-born actress Catherine O’Hara created many memorable comedic characters while winning over audiences with just a single name: “Kevin!” A native of Toronto, Ontario, O’Hara was…
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Another action thriller that’s a fun watch–despite a couple of major plot holes–is 1980’s Night of the Juggler. It stars James Brolin as former New York City cop-turned-truck driver Sean Boyd, a divorced dad with a 13-year-old daughter, Kathy (Abby…
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