Christian movies: Starring Nicolas Cage, the widely panned 2014 apocalyptic thriller Left Behind was a box office bomb – unlike (relatively) recent popular “faith movies” such as Heaven Is for…
Raymond Massey. Raymond Massey movies: From Lincoln to Boris Karloff Though hardly remembered today, the Toronto-born Raymond Massey was a top supporting player – and sometime lead – in both…
Polly Bergen became the “first U.S. woman president” in the 1964 comedy Kisses for My President. Polly Bergen movies: ‘First woman U.S. president’ dead at 84 Emmy Award-winning actress Polly…
Jeanne Crain in The Fan with Madeleine Carroll. Jeanne Crain: Lighthearted movies vs. real life tragedies (See previous post: “Jeanne Crain: From ‘Pinky’ Inanity to ‘Margie’ Magic.”) Unlike her characters…
Anne Francis: Actress starred in Honey West. As part of its “Summer Under the Stars” film series, Turner Classic Movies is showing 12 Anne Francis movies today, including three TCM premieres.…
Despite her Best Actress Academy Award win, Joanne Woodward never became a major box office draw. No matter. Woodward was one of the best film actresses of the 20th century,…
The Passion of the Christ with Jim Caviezel as Jesus Christ and Luca Lionello as Judas. Caviezel followed in the footsteps of, among others, H.B. Warner (The King of Kings,…
Fess Parker, who died earlier today of natural causes at age 85, was mostly known for his television work. “Davy Crockett,” which aired as part of the Disneyland anthology series,…
Star Trek stars Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, in addition to director J.J. Abrams, pose at their hotel ahead of the premiere of their movie on April 7 in Sydney.…
Natalie Wood movies: Actress was one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the 1960s. Natalie Wood movies: From going crazy over Warren Beatty to stripping like Gypsy Rose Lee Three-time…
Woody Strode in John Ford’s Western Sergeant Rutledge I’m not at all familiar with Woody Strode’s film career. I believe that most people aren’t either. And that is an excellent reason…