There’s a faint whiff of fright in the air in these wholesome classics.
By Emily Sears · @emily dawn · May 6, 2021, 1:10 PM EDT Cary Grant and Priscilla Lane in ARSENIC AND OLD LACE.
Beyond the gothic imagery of the Universal Monster and Hammer films burned into my memory, it’s the atmosphere of old horror I pine for most. Following the lady in white up a winding staircase, clutching her candelabra, visiting the local fortune teller for a little communing with the dead, creaky doors and shadowy figures triggering fear in the imagination – all those spooky details that conjure the spirit of Halloween night.
These Are the 100 Best 90s Movies
By Jason Kessler, Stacker News
On 5/3/21 at 8:00 PM EDT
The 1990s represent a magical decade in pop culture history. The O.J. Simpson trial, gangster rap, Must See TV, grunge music, and
Friends dominated water cooler conversations, while the internet was just beginning to grab the attention of the world and hit college computer labs. While all of this was happening, incredible movies from big-budget blockbusters to quiet love stories were being released nearly every weekend at movie theaters around the world. Advances in computer-generated imagery gave audiences both the scariest dinosaurs they d ever seen (
This past week we saw the 93rd Academy Awards give the Best Actress Award to Frances McDormand, again, for the 3rd time in her career. This is just one behind the record holder, Katherine Hepburn, who has 4 Oscars. But are these two the greatest of all time?
Well before you read my list below, let me explain how I judged it.
First, it is NOT by how many awards they won. So chill out, Kate Hepburn and Frances McDormand did NOT make my Top 10 but they did make the Top 20. If it was just Oscars, they would be 1 and 2. Instead, I judged these leading ladies by how consistently compelling they are when they appear on the silver screen. It did NOT matter how many movies they did. To me, it’s more of how they grab my attention when they act. In other words, when I see their name on the marquis do I immediately want to watch the movie just because of the top-billed actress.
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The Academy Awards are back. But they may look a little different.
Zendaya at the 90th Annual Academy Awards in 2018.Credit.Neilson Barnard/Getty Images
April 25, 2021Updated 9:13 a.m. ET
It’s time for the stars to make their debuts if they haven’t done it on social media already. Many of them are emerging from their homes, where they have ridden out the pandemic, to turn up for Hollywood’s biggest night.
There are lots of questions about how the Academy will pull off a red carpet, who may show up, and designer masks. Here, then, are some answers (and a little recent history).