Which are the scariest Stephen King movies? See if any of the King films that give you the creeps are here, and scare up your own picks in the comments!
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Monthly Archives: June 2015
The Phantom of Crestwood (1932): Media Cross-Over, ’30s Style
Movies taken from TV shows (and vice versa) are common now, but 1932’s The Phantom of Crestwood was a media tie-in pioneer. Guest writer Constance Metzinger pulls the mask off the 1932 RKO whodunit, based on a radio series and write-in contest.
Read more →Originally Starring 6
Marlon Brando as Lawrence of Arabia? Captain Blood with Robert Donat? For our sixth installment of Originally Starring, we continue telling the back stories of actors who won (or lost) choice roles and the reasons why they did.
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Christopher Lee Film Role?
In over 65 years and more than 250 films he was a monster, a vampire, a mummy, a mad monk, a wizard and a Sith lord. This week’s poll honors the great Christopher Lee, who died last week at 93, and asks which of his screen roles was your favorite.
Read more →This Week in Film History: 6/14/15
The era of the Hollywood “Summer Blockbuster” began 40 years ago this week, with the debut of director Steven Spielberg’s aquatic actioner Jaws. There are so many more memorable movie moments inside you’re going to need a bigger computer (not really).
Read more →Christopher Lee: British Cinema’s “Prince of Darkness”
In the movies he was Frankenstein’s Monster and Dracula, Sherlock Holmes and Fu Manchu, Saruman and Count Dooku. MovieFanFare remembers the life and career of British horror/sci-fi cinema icon Christopher Lee, who passed away this week at 93.
Read more →George C. Scott’s Rage
George C. Scott’s character turns to “Rage” when his government lies to him. Read on to see why the star/director’s brutally dark 1972 movie speaks to us right now.
Read more →The Marx Brothers Spend A Night in Casablanca (1946)
The fabled Moroccan city gets turned upside down by The Marx Brothers, as Groucho, Chico and Harpo tangle with Nazi art thieves in A Night in Casablanca. Guest writer Steve Bailey checks out the 1946 comedy, the boys’ penultimate film as a team.
Read more →Female on the Beach (1955): Life’s a Beach, and So Is Joan
Widow Joan Crawford inherits an oceanfront home and falls for local gigolo Jeff Chandler, who may have killed its last resident. For the Beach Party Blogathon, MovieFanFare slathers on the sunscreen and reviews the campy 1955 melodrama Female on the Beach.
Read more →Character Witness: Clark Gable: Rhett Butler vs. Peter Warne
Which Clark Gable film performance is the most iconic, Southern rogue Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind or reporter Peter Warne in It Happened One Night? Let MovieFanFare’s Jason Marcewicz make the case for each, then give us your opinion.
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