
Earlier this month popular character actor and ’70s action hero Joe Don Baker passed away at the age of 89. Whether he was swinging a mean hickory club as Tennessee lawman Buford Pusser in Walking Tall, stalking victims as…
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Earlier this month popular character actor and ’70s action hero Joe Don Baker passed away at the age of 89. Whether he was swinging a mean hickory club as Tennessee lawman Buford Pusser in Walking Tall, stalking victims as…
Read more →After six relatively quiet decades as a museum and occasional protest site, Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay found itself in the national spotlight last week, as the White House floated the idea of reopening the site’s notorious prison facilities….
Read more →Buenos dias. Today is Cinco de Mayo. It’s not Mexico’s Independence Day, but it is a cause–for various reasons–for celebration on both sides of the Rio Grande. MovieFanFare is joining in the celebración with this week’s poll. Which of the…
Read more →It seems hard to believe, but a number of classic Hollywood films are celebrating their 100th birthday this year. The Age of Silent Movies may have reached its peak in 1925. The roster of releases ranges from groundbreaking war drama…
Read more →The midway point of the 20th century saw the official start of the Korean War, the debut of the comic strip “Peanuts,” and diplomat Ralph Bunche becoming the first Black American to win a Nobel Prize. 1950 was also the…
Read more →As we’re sure most of you are well aware, tomorrow is April 15th, better known across America as Tax Day. This country was founded on protests against taxes, and the topic has been a ripe subject for depiction on…
Read more →Movie fans–especially those who grew up watching the films of the ’80s and ’90s–are still reeling over the death last Tuesday of actor Val Kilmer at 65. For this week’s FanFare poll, we’re looking back over Kilmer’s diverse Hollywood career…
Read more →Has it really been a quarter-century since Maximus (Russell Crowe) asked “Are you not entertained?” in Gladiator? The dawn of the 21st century gave moviegoers plenty of memorable moments, from Tom Hanks befriending a volleyball (Cast Away) and Robert…
Read more →If you’re wondering why everyone is wearing green today, you’ve clearly forgotten that it’s St. Patrick’s Day. To celebrate this holiday of all things Gaelic, our poll this week asks you to vote for your favorite Irish-born actor or actress….
Read more →Well, what better time to celebrate the films of Fredric March than during the month of March? Born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel in 1897, the Wisconsin native was employed as a banker in New York City when an appendectomy led…
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