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Biopic Theater returns to its roots this week with the 1980 made-for-television exploration into the life of Jayne Mansfield. We also see a return to the leading lady we started … Continue Reading The Jayne Mansfield Story (1980)
**This is my contribution to The Movie Projector’s James Cagney Blogathon. You can visit and read the other submissions here.** I always enjoy participating in actor/actress blogathons as they finally … Continue Reading Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
I’m not sure what the parameters are for biopics that focus on singers/actors, or if I should even include them. I mean do I include the myriad of Elvis biopics, … Continue Reading Beyond the Sea (2004)
Last year kicked off a wave of Hollywood biopics that don’t look to abate into 2013. Hitchcock was one of two films about the legendary director that arrived in 2012. … Continue Reading Hitchcock (2012)
It seems I’ve unintentionally fallen into getting these out every other week, and I hope that changes soon. Either way, this week’s biopic is one I’ve been excited to review. … Continue Reading The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004)
I dove into the HBO series of biopics with The Life and Death of Peter Sellers a few weeks ago. I applaud HBO for having consistently high quality in … Continue Reading RKO 281 (1999)
In the interest of diversity, I’ll be slowly integrating mainstream and critically lauded biopics into Biopic Theater. Today’s entry into Biopic Theater won two Golden Globes and aired on the … Continue Reading The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
This week’s entry of Biopic Theater was by default. I have a bunch of my selections for this series on a convenient flash drive…that was inexplicably moved by my mother … Continue Reading Rainbow (1978)
I think I’ve finally settled on a proper title for this column! Everyone give a round of applause to Biopic Theater (and if you don’t like it, I dare … Continue Reading Biopic Theater: The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977)
It seems I picked a great time to start this made-for-television column (I’m still taking suggestions for a revamped title) as there’s several films set for release and in development … Continue Reading Liz & Dick (2012)
We’re back with another edition of Golden Age on the Silver Screen. I’m contemplating changing the title…yay or nay? Anywho, we’re back with another James Dean biopic Hope you’re not … Continue Reading James Dean (1976)
For this week’s foray into the Golden Age on the Silver Screen, I’m getting around to my first Jean Harlow review! 1965 seemed to be a special year for Harlow … Continue Reading Harlow (1965) – Part One
Golden Age on the Silver Screen returns and not a moment too soon it seems. As the year progresses there’s a veritable slew of made-for-television biopics (and just biopics in … Continue Reading The Girl (2012)
The final installment of Golden Age on the Silver Screen till November, and I really wish I had picked a better movie for this mid-season finale. The Sex … Continue Reading The Sex Symbol (1974)
The 2000s saw a real resurgence in made-for-television biopics on celebrities and today’s film is one of the earliest from that period. The 2000 miniseries on Audrey Hepburn received … Continue Reading The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000)
In this week’s installment of The Golden Age on the Silver Screen, and in honor of TCM’s month of Lauren Bacall, we’re going back to 1980 to view the … Continue Reading Bogie (1980)
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