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 Real,' 'Son of God' and 'War Room.' A thought on the New Christian American Cinema: Tired of the blatant propaganda found in 'mainstream' Christian movies Two films that might be called “Christian movies” opened last week, and I decided that I wouldn't watch them, write about them, or review them – at least directly. I'm not even going to mention their titles here because I don't promote propaganda films, and that's what this recent advent of Christian movies has become: propaganda. After all, since nearly all American cinema is Christian cinema, the New Christian American Cinema is in fact pure propaganda – not cinema. Worse yet, it bores me. So, here's the thing about what we've come to call...
- 4/14/2017
- by Tim Cogshell
- Alt Film Guide
Mickey Rooney was earliest surviving Best Actor Oscar nominee (photo: Mickey Rooney and Spencer Tracy in ‘Boys Town’) (See previous post: “Mickey Rooney Dead at 93: MGM’s Andy Hardy Series’ Hero and Judy Garland Frequent Co-Star Had Longest Film Career Ever?”) Mickey Rooney was the earliest surviving Best Actor Academy Award nominee — Babes in Arms, 1939; The Human Comedy, 1943 — and the last surviving male acting Oscar nominee of the 1930s. Rooney lost the Best Actor Oscar to two considerably more “prestigious” — albeit less popular — stars: Robert Donat for Sam Wood’s Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) and Paul Lukas for Herman Shumlin’s Watch on the Rhine (1943). Following Mickey Rooney’s death, there are only two acting Academy Award nominees from the ’30s still alive: two-time Best Actress winner Luise Rainer, 104 (for Robert Z. Leonard’s The Great Ziegfeld, 1936, and Sidney Franklin’s The Good Earth, 1937), and Best Supporting Actress nominee Olivia de Havilland,...
- 4/9/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Anthony McCartney, AP Entertainment Writer
Los Angeles (AP) - Mickey Rooney, the pint-size, precocious actor and all-around talent whose more than 80-year career spanned silent comedies, Shakespeare, Judy Garland musicals, Andy Hardy stardom, television and the Broadway theater, died Sunday at age 93.
Los Angeles Police Commander Andrew Smith said that Rooney was with his family when he died at his North Hollywood home.
Smith said police took a death report but indicated that there was nothing suspicious and he had no additional details on the circumstances of his passing. The Los Angeles County Coroner's office said it was not their case because Rooney died a natural death.
There were no further immediate details on the cause of death, but Rooney did attend an Oscar party last month.
Rooney started his career in his parents' vaudeville act while still a toddler, and broke into movies before age 10. He was still racking...
Los Angeles (AP) - Mickey Rooney, the pint-size, precocious actor and all-around talent whose more than 80-year career spanned silent comedies, Shakespeare, Judy Garland musicals, Andy Hardy stardom, television and the Broadway theater, died Sunday at age 93.
Los Angeles Police Commander Andrew Smith said that Rooney was with his family when he died at his North Hollywood home.
Smith said police took a death report but indicated that there was nothing suspicious and he had no additional details on the circumstances of his passing. The Los Angeles County Coroner's office said it was not their case because Rooney died a natural death.
There were no further immediate details on the cause of death, but Rooney did attend an Oscar party last month.
Rooney started his career in his parents' vaudeville act while still a toddler, and broke into movies before age 10. He was still racking...
- 4/7/2014
- by The Associated Press
- Moviefone
"There isn't any such thing in the world as a bad boy."
Even people who haven't seen "Boys Town" know Spencer Tracy's line, in character as Father Edward Flanagan, as the credo of the real Boys Town, the institution renowned for its care of orphaned and troubled kids. The classic movie, released 75 years ago this week (on September 9, 1938), was a huge hit, a milestone in the careers of Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney, and an inspiration to wayward kids and those who would help them, all over the country.
As beloved as the movie has been for generations, there's still plenty you may not know about it -- how it almost didn't get released, how Tracy's Oscar victory almost turned into a publicity nightmare, and how the movie almost did more harm than good to the real Boys Town.
Read on for 25 true tales behind the making of "Boys Town.
Even people who haven't seen "Boys Town" know Spencer Tracy's line, in character as Father Edward Flanagan, as the credo of the real Boys Town, the institution renowned for its care of orphaned and troubled kids. The classic movie, released 75 years ago this week (on September 9, 1938), was a huge hit, a milestone in the careers of Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney, and an inspiration to wayward kids and those who would help them, all over the country.
As beloved as the movie has been for generations, there's still plenty you may not know about it -- how it almost didn't get released, how Tracy's Oscar victory almost turned into a publicity nightmare, and how the movie almost did more harm than good to the real Boys Town.
Read on for 25 true tales behind the making of "Boys Town.
- 9/9/2013
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
Savvy kudos guru Tariq Khan (Fox News) seems to have gotten to the bottom of the suspicion that Oscar might be an ole geezer out of touch with films about young folks. He sends Gold Derby this specal report. Words below are Tariq's: There has been a great deal of discussion about the Oscar chances of "The Social Network," and if it might simply skew too young to win the award for Best Picture. But is that really true? It turns out that it may well be. Over the years, films which have largely focused on young people – particularly those of high school or college age – have gone down in defeat on Oscar night. Sure, there are exceptions. Take 1961's "West Side Story" or 2008's "Slumdog Millionaire." But consider these 10 films, listed in chronological order. 1.) "Boys Town" (1938) – While Spencer Tracy as Father Flanagan was the true star of the film,...
- 1/3/2011
- Gold Derby
Hollywood might be run by Scientologists these days, but the Catholics once called the shots, John Patterson reminds us
Jessica Hausner's new movie Lourdes, which revolves around what may or may not be a "take up thy bed and walk" kind of miracle, is the kind of movie about religious faith that you don't see coming out of Hollywood any more in these days of The Passion Of The Christ, The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons.
Hollywood hasn't developed an anti-Catholic bias; it's just that the church was once so prominent in Hollywood it almost had to come to grief sooner or later, with or without the aid of its retrograde teachings on birth control and ongoing sexual abuse scandals.
The old canard goes that the Jews run Hollywood. And certainly the industry was founded by immigrant Jews, barred from the more salubrious professions by anti-semitic Wasps. But for three decades,...
Jessica Hausner's new movie Lourdes, which revolves around what may or may not be a "take up thy bed and walk" kind of miracle, is the kind of movie about religious faith that you don't see coming out of Hollywood any more in these days of The Passion Of The Christ, The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons.
Hollywood hasn't developed an anti-Catholic bias; it's just that the church was once so prominent in Hollywood it almost had to come to grief sooner or later, with or without the aid of its retrograde teachings on birth control and ongoing sexual abuse scandals.
The old canard goes that the Jews run Hollywood. And certainly the industry was founded by immigrant Jews, barred from the more salubrious professions by anti-semitic Wasps. But for three decades,...
- 3/20/2010
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
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