Well, there’s roughly seven weeks to go on the calendar, and it looks as though Inside Out 2, Deadpool & Wolverine, and Despicable Me 4 will take home top honors in the 2024 box office race, proving yet again that…
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Our Election Day Pick: The Great Man Votes
Happy Election Day, everyone. I’m on my way to the polling place now (I hope you’re doing or have done the same), but I’d like to take just a moment to suggest that–once you’ve fulfilled your Constitutional privilege–you might consider…
Read more →The Latest New Releases Include “The Suicide Squad” and “Stillwater”
October is on its way out with a bang! As the month winds down, you’ll notice that there’s a huge assortment of new releases now available, with titles for every taste. Take a look at the following film and TV…
Read more →“Roman Holiday” and Other Classics are Now Available!
Take a trip into the heart of entertainment with this week’s new Blu-rays and DVDs. As you’ll see in the titles showcased below, this is a week where classics — both from the golden age of Hollywood and more recent…
Read more →The Latest New Releases Include Classics Like “Dinner at Eight” and “Flash Gordon”
The past meets the future in this latest group of new Blu-rays and DVDs. This week is a decade-spanning assortment of vintage favorites and cult hits, including several Warner Archive and Criterion Collection titles, all of which will soon take…
Read more →Reflecting Upon John Barrymore in the “Bulldog Drummond” Films
H. C. McNeile, who wrote much of his writings under the pen-name of “Sapper,” was the creator of Capt. Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond. Like many of his antecedents, Bulldog was an amateur sleuth, a man from a wealthy family who, tired…
Read more →How Many Of These Recent Releases Have You Seen?
Life is nothing if not busy. The rat race has been running for centuries and it shows no sign of slowing down anytime soon. So while you balance your work, family, and relationship responsibilities, we hope that you are finding…
Read more →Too Much, Too Soon (1958): Too Much Diana Barrymore, Too Little John
As part of this week’s Barrymore Trilogy Blogathon,MovieFanFare reviews the 1958 biodrama Too Much, Too Soon, starring Errol Flynn as hard-drinking screen idol John Barrymore and Dorothy Malone as his daughter Diana, who followed in his footsteps on and off the screen.
Read more →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 →Sherlock Holmes (1922): The Great Profile’s Great Detective
Based on a popular stage play, the 1922 whodunit Sherlock Holmes featured screen heartthrob John Barrymore in the title role. Guest writer Fritzi Kramer offers her take on the Great Profile’s turn as Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary detective.
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