R.I.P. Peter O’Toole & Joan Fontaine
This was a rough weekend for the film community. Two great acting legends, Peter O’Toole and Joan Fontaine, have died.
This was a rough weekend for the film community. Two great acting legends, Peter O’Toole and Joan Fontaine, have died.
This is a sad way to come back from an otherwise nice holiday break. Over the weekend, news broke that ‘Fast & Furious’ star Paul Walker has died. He was only 40-years-old and leaves behind a teenager daughter.
After years of financial difficulties, struggling to maintain relevancy in the current marketplace, and steadily dwindling retail presence, one-time video rental powerhouse Blockbuster Video finally announced this week that it wil...
Tom Clancy, the prolific bestselling author, creator of the Jack Ryan movie franchise and namesake mastermind behind numerous popular videogames, passed away this week at the age of 66. That seems like far too young an age to go. ...
Witty and prolific crime novelist Elmore Leonard passed away on Tuesday at the age of 87. Over the course of his long career, a couple dozen of the author’s stories were adapted to film (some of them more than once) by sever...
We’ve unfortunately lost another celebrity this week. Veteran character actor Dennis Farnia, notable for playing both grizzled cops and charismatic crooks in countless movies and TV shows, passed away on Monday after sufferi...
While I’m aware that ‘Glee’ may not be the most popular show among readers of this blog, I should hope we can all agree that the shocking death of star Cory Monteith this weekend at the far-too-young age of only ...
I’m honestly shocked to have to write this right now. ‘The Sopranos’ star James Gandolfini has passed away unexpectedly while on vacation in Italy. He was only 51-years-old.
The need to announce the deaths of film legends never stops being depressing. This week, we’ve lost special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 92. Do kids today even know who he is, or ...
I’ve never felt such a personal attachment to someone I didn’t know personally. Upon hearing the news of Roger Ebert’s passing last week, I couldn’t help but get teary-eyed. America had lost one of its grea...
Just days after announcing that he planned to cut back on his writing responsibilities and settle into a state of semi-retirement, America’s preeminent film critic Roger Ebert passed away on Thursday. This follows a famously...
This is no way to end the year. Two beloved character actors both passed away on Christmas Eve.