R.I.P. Christopher Lee
With the death of Sir Christopher Lee, cinema has lost not just one, but several icons.
With the death of Sir Christopher Lee, cinema has lost not just one, but several icons.
Through an extensive career in film, television, theater and even stints in acting and comedy, Mike Nichols racked up an impressive collection of awards from every branch of show business, including the exceedingly rare EGOT sweep...
I’ve resisted writing obituary posts in this blog for the past few months, despite some notable recent celebrity deaths. The burden of that responsibility just got to be too depressing. Sadly, this one is just too big and to...
A beloved character actor passed away this week, and Paramount has found another way to frustrate Blu-ray fans. What do these stories have in common? Nothing, really. Sometimes miscellaneous news items just get tossed together int...
When I’m pressed for time to write at length, I will occasionally gather together compilations of recent news stories that might be of interest to this blog. I encourage our readers to discuss further in the Comments.
Swiss surrealist artist H.R. Giger, the man who designed the title creature in the sci-fi classic ‘Alien’, passed away on Monday after suffering injuries in a fall. He was a truly unique talent.
P-p-p-please, Eddie, say it ain’t so! Beloved character actor Bob Hoskins has died at the age of 71.
In a career that spanned from 1926 to the present day, Mickey Rooney was one of the hardest working men in the movie business. Unfortunately, time catches up to everyone eventually. The actor passed away on Sunday at the age of 93...
The cinema landscape has lost yet another of its luminaries. Legendary French filmmaker Alain Resnais passed away on Sunday at the age of 91.
“Hello and welcome to Moviefone!” began the distinctively-voiced announcement. “If you know the name of the movie you’d like to see, press 1.” If you were an active cinemagoer in the 1990s, chances ar...
Some days, there’s just no justice in the universe. Actor and filmmaker Harold Ramis, creator of classic comedies such as ‘Caddyshack’, ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Groundhog Day’, has died suddenl...
I can’t believe that I have to start the week with such devastating news. The great Philip Seymour Hoffman died over the weekend at the age of only 46.