Here’s a hint: Movie Irv thinks this actor-in-waiting would make the perfect Goldfinger.
Read more →Which Non-Actor Should Become a Movie Star?
Monthly Archives: July 2014
Playmates (1941): The Undiscovered Country
So, what are John Barrymore’s only screen performance of Hamlet’s “To Be or Not to Be” soliloquy–and Barrymore himself–doing in a musical comedy with bandleader Kay Kyser? Guest writer Mike Reid reviews The Great Profile’s final film, 1941’s Playmates.
Read more →What’s Your Favorite “Planet of the Apes” Movie?
MovieFanFare wants you to “go ape” in this week’s poll and tell us which movie in either of the simian sci-fi franchises–from the 1968 original to the new Dawn of the Planet of the Apes–is your favorite.
Read more →10 Little Things I Love About The Graduate
Nearly 50 years after its debut, The Graduate remains one of the most popular and influential films of the 1960s. Guest writer Angela Petteys offers a visual essay on 10 memorable moments and performances from the Dustin Hoffman/Anne Bancroft coming-of-age tale.
Read more →This Week in Film History, 07.13.14
It’s been exactly 45 years since Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper went looking for America in the transformative road odyssey Easy Rider. We’ve revved up more movie milestones to share.
Read more →The Major and the Minor: Billy Wilder Kids Around
Directorial debuts are rarely better–or funnier–than writer-turned-helmer Billy Wilder’s The Major and the Minor. Guest blogger Aurora reviews this 1942 comedy in which Ginger Rogers poses as a 12-year-old girl, only to fall for military school teacher Ray Milland.
Read more →Up the River (1930): When Tracy Met Bogie
Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart’s only film together came at the dawn of their careers–and under the direction of none other than John Ford. As part of the John Ford Blogathon, we take a look at the picture, the 1930 prison comedy Up the River.
Read more →Marlene Dietrich Dazzles in New DVD Releases
More than 30 years after her final screen role, she remains a symbol of cinematic glamour and sophisticated sex appeal. See what made Marlene Dietrich one of the top stars of the 1930s and ’40s in nine classic films released on DVD this week.
Read more →Universal Opens Its Vault for New DVD Exclusives
Fredric March is the Grim Reaper, Alan Ladd’s a Mountie, and Dick Powell’s a dog reincarnated as a human in three of 12 classic movies out on DVD this week in the Universal Vault Series, exclusive to Movies Unlimited. Get the full story inside.
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Film Directed by Paul Mazursky?
Filmmaker Paul Mazursky passed away last week at 84. MovieFanFare remembers the five-time Oscar nominee and asks which of his directorial works–Harry and Tonto, An Unmarried Woman, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, and more–is your favorite
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