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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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,…
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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,…
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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…
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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.…
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Jesus movie hit: The second biggest domestic blockbuster of the year so far, Mel Gibson’s contentious, blood-soaked Jesus biopic The Passion of the Christ has also turned out to be…