Actress Polly Holliday died from pneumonia September 9th in Manhattan, New York City. She was 88. Holliday was best known for her role as Florence Jean “Flo” Castleberry in the 1976-85 TV series Alice. The sitcom was based on Martin Scorsese’s…
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Where would we be without comfort food? It provides us with solace through grief, reminds us of treasured people in our lives, and just makes us feel content. Movies can also do the same. They can evoke a specific…
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SPOILER ALERT!: This article reveals and discusses the climaxes to several classic TV series. You have been warned. With And Just Like That coming to an end after three seasons, it seems like a good time to look at other…
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One factor that can help a movie’s success is the music. A hit song can do the work of 100 publicists and can make people curious about a film. In early November 1992 “I Will Always Love You” from the…
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Back in the day, many television notables tried to parlay their small-screen popularity into a movie career. In today’s showbiz world, actors move from TV to film to theatre with no harm. However, it was once considered beneath a…
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Since the silent film era, taglines have been with us to promote Hollywood’s latest cinematic masterpieces. A catchy slogan can entice the masses to shell out their hard-earned cash to see what the fuss is all about. Some taglines capture a…
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Just as in life, animals have always been part of the movies…especially dogs. In the current Superman film (highly recommended) the Man of Steel’s dog Krypto has a major role. Krypto first appeared in Adventure Comics in 1955. He proved…
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To mark Woody Allen’s 80th birthday today, we offer this classic article in which writer John Tartaglia focuses, not on the filmmaker himself, but on his leading ladies and Allen’s sometimes controversial depiction of women over the years.
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What does your favorite line from the 1967 film Valley of the Dolls say about your personality? Take this classic quiz by MovieFanFare’s John Tartaglia and find out which doomed starlet from the campy cult fave you most identify with.
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Composer Stephen Sondheim–who has written some of the best scores for Broadway shows, including Follies (1985), A Little Night Music (1978), Company (2007), Passion (1995), A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (1966) — turned 80 last March and is having quite a year. There…
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