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Clark Gable: King of Hollywood

John Farr | Posted 04.01.2012

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As we kick off Oscar month tomorrow, we also honor the birthday of Clark Gable, who picked up a statuette at the seventh Academy Awards ceremony in 1935.

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Kirk Douglas Turns 95!

John Farr | Posted 02.07.2012

Should we call him "Spartacus"? Or "Champion"? Both names certainly fit the man. Kirk Douglas turns 95 tomorrow, and he is still very much with us.

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Burt Lancaster: Always Larger Than Life

John Farr | Posted 01.20.2012

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Perhaps Brando was thought to be a better actor, and other stars may have proved more popular in any given year, but over the long haul, few would make stronger movie choices more consistently than Burt Lancaster. Here are just 10 of them.

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10 Classic Movies That Turn Up the Heat for Summer

John Farr | Posted 08.21.2011

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I googled "best summer-themed movies" but I think what I got was "any summer-themed movie."For those who want a little extra quality in their summer fare, here comes a varied but more rewarding list.

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Heartthrob: Alain Delon Turns 75

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

For those younger readers unfamiliar with him, how best to summarize this actor? Well, let's put it this way: in terms of authentic heartthrobs, before there was Johnny Depp, there was Alain Delon.

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The Man Who Was Tony Curtis

Tom Teicholz | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was Curtis' combination of toughness and vulnerability -- his predatory sexual magnetism and the almost female quality to his beauty -- that would make his career.

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The Story Behind Tony Curtis' Sweet Smell of Success

Lev Raphael | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even before he died last week, any mention of Tony Curtis made most people think of Billy Wilder's classic Some Like it Hot. But for me, it was and will always be Sweet Smell of Success.

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Two Passing Greats: A Tribute to Arthur Penn and Tony Curtis

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

One had to acknowledge and admire Tony Curtis's sheer spirit and zest. But while Curtis was the ultimate public personality, filmmaker Arthur Penn, who died two days ago, was basically a private man.

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They Sure Don't Make 'Em Like They Used to: A Tribute to Deborah Kerr

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

The late Deborah Kerr was the kind of star and personality we rarely see anymore: a lady first and foremost, who, even playing women of dubious virtue, projected an innate sense of class, dignity, even nobility.

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Presidential Pictures: Top Movies About The Top Job

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Kirk Douglas, Angela Lansbury, All the President's Men, Stanley Kubrick, Alan J. Pakula, Financial Reform, Peter Sellers, Michelle Williams, Bob Woodward, Jeff Bridges, Primary Colors, Richard Nixon, Carl Bernstein, Kirsten Dunst, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Robards, Joan Allen, Dustin Hoffman, Bill Clinton, Martin Sheen, John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Burt Lancaster, Thirteen/WNET, Barack Obama, Walter Matthau, Henry Fonda, Dr. Strangelove, Sidney Lumet, Gary Oldman, Thirteen Days, Warren Beatty, Kevin Costner, Rod Lurie, Hillary Clinton, Frank Sinatra, Robert Redford, Entertainment News

Given the sheer scale and complexity of the Presidency in modern times, it's no surprise that a host of great films have explored the nature of our country's highest office.

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The Top Father/Son Movie Stars, Bar None

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charlie Sheen, Steven Soderbergh, Glenn Close, Peter Fonda, Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Anthony Quinn, Benicio Del Toro, Stanley Kubrick, Burt Lancaster, Fredric March, Billy Wilder, Jane Fonda, Best Movies on DVD, Best Movies by Farr, Don Cheadle, Vincente Minnelli, Henry Fonda, Ava Gardner, Jeff Bridges, Lon Chaney Jr., Jack Lemmon, Lana Turner, Lloyd Bridges, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas, Entertainment News

With advance apologies to Lloyd and Jeff Bridges, Henry and Peter Fonda, Martin and Charlie Sheen, this special designation belongs to Kirk and Michael Douglas.

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For Memorial Day, the Best War Movies Ever

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

These special movies not only recreate the horror of combat, but also portray the human toll war takes beyond those who fall on the field of battle.

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Where Is Lee Marvin When We Really Need Him?

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

I look at the new action movies coming out, and I have to wonder: Where's our new Lee Marvin? The manly man, the bad guy turned good guy, the guy who's so ugly he's almost beautiful, the guy who takes no prisoners?

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Jean Simmons Dead: 'Guys and Dolls' Actress Dies At 80

AP | BOB THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Jean Simmons, whose ethereal screen presence and starring roles with Hollywood's top actors made her a mid-century film icon, has ...

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Thoughts on Haiti, And the Spirit of Activism in Film

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Travolta, Burt Lancaster, Barbara Kopple, John Sayles, Best Movies on DVD, Cher, Kurt Russell, John Lithgow, Best Movies by Farr, Sally Field, Thirteen/WNET, Chris Cooper, Social Activism, Robert Duvall, Haiti Earthquake, Mike Nichols, Jim Lehrer, Activism, James Earl Jones, David Brooks, Meryl Streep, Haiti, The News Hour With Jim Lehrer, Wnet, Adrien Brody, Sidney Poitier, Entertainment News

Great activist movies portray the ongoing struggle between the welfare of working people and larger societal forces, seemingly beyond their control, that threaten their integrity, livelihood, and often, their very survival.

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The Alarming Decline Of Expressive Language, In Life and On Film

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George C. Scott, Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson, William Holden, Instant Messaging, Sterling Hayden, All About Eve, Faye Dunaway, Ernest Lehman, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sellers, Best Movies by Farr, Burt Lancaster, Walter Huston, Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Jenkins, George Sanders, Janus Films, Stanley Kubrick, Clifford Odets, Technology, A.O. Scott, Sidney Lumet, Humphrey Bogart, Criterion Collection, Preston Sturges, The Academy Awards, Writing, Al Pacino, Billy Wilder, Best Movies on DVD, Double Indemnity, Tony Curtis, John Ford, Screenwriting, John Huston, Anne Baxter, Essential Art Films, Marcel Carne, Peter Finch, Paddy Chayefsky, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Walter Winchell, Bette Davis, Entertainment News

Even as today's high school and college students are pushed harder in school, they cannot write an essay or use descriptive language nearly as fluently as their parents and grandparents could.

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What Sarah Palin and Other Patriotic Traitors Think About Health Care Reform: "Soylent Green Is People!"

Ariel Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011

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When I call Sarah Palin a patriotic traitor, I'm not equating her with Benedict Arnold, Vidkun Quisling, or Kim Philby. I have no reason to doubt that she loves the United States.

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Men's Iconic Swimsuit Movie Moments: Which Is Hottest? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 05.25.2011

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Memorable swimsuit moments in film may inspire visions of bikini-clad icons like Phoebe Cates or Bo Derek, but Hollywood men sometimes steal the show ...

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Over a Cheever, Under a Cheever

David Finkle | Posted 11.17.2011

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I cried when I found out that John Cheever died in 1982. And now with few readers, the paradise that is Cheever's writing is at risk of being a lost paradise.

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Best Movies By Farr: When Oscar Screws Up

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Edward G. Robinson, The English Patient, The Exorcist, Tom Hanks, History of the Academy Awards, Julie Andrews, Milk, Fred MacMurray, John Wayne, The Wrestler Stanley Kubrick, As Good as It Gets, Capote, The Great Ziegfeld, Traffic, L.A. Confidential, Driving Miss Daisy, Dr. Strangelove, Fargo, High Noon, Million Dollar Baby, Joan Allen, My Left Foot, Around the World in Eighty Days, Slumdog Millionaire, The Academy Awards, The Sting, Rocky Balboa, Letters From Iwo Jima, Double Indemnity, Shirley MacLaine, Rex Harrison, Little Miss Sunshine, Ed Harris, Life Is Beautiful, Peter Finch, Shakespeare in Love, Charles Chaplin, James Dean, Giant, Crash, My Man Godfrey, Barbara Stanwyck, The Contender, Network, Imelda Staunton, Academy Awards, Titanic, Louis B. Mayer; Daryl Zanuck; Samuel L Goldwyn, Hotel Rwanda, The Apartment, The Departed, Peter Sellers, Pulp Fiction, Burt Lancaster, Gladiator, Vera Drake, Sean Penn, Modern Times, Elizabeth Taylor, Chicago, Field of Dreams, Billy Wilder, Pollock, Al Jolson, Forrest Gump, William Powell, John Travolta, Carole Lombard, Singin' in the Rain, Taxi Driver, Cecil B. DeMille, My Fair Lady, Jack Lemmon, The Searchers, The Hours, Robert De Niro, Entertainment News

2005 -- for Best Picture, give me Capote over Crash any ol' time. Another uninspiring year, I thought.

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The Best Train Movies by Farr

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

In a host of movies, the train has served as a microcosm of modern society, and the individual's potential risk and conflict within it.

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The Best City Movies by Farr

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

For those of you who love cities, movies, and by extension, cities in movies, here's a batch of capital DVD titles, and the capitals that inspired them.

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