Cari Beauchamp is the author of "Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood" and five other books of film history. She first met Debbie Reynolds while interviewing the actress for her books and then went through her costume auction with her.
Actress Carrie Fisher is joined by her mother, actress Debbie Reynolds, after she opened in New York in "Censored Scenes From King Kong," March 7, 1980. Debbie Reynolds seemed unstoppable -- and yes, unsinkable -- in the 1964 film, "The Unsinkable Molly Brown."
Clad in a demure nightgown, in 1958 classic Dracula, starring Christopher Lee , she famously pleads with the naive Jonathan Harker to save her from the evil clutches of the count. In doing so she became Hammer's first screen vampire to bare fangs - it was a few moments before Lee - providing a template for what later became known as Hammer glamour.
The "Insidious" franchise, about demonologists plunging into the supernatural world, has been one of the hottest in horror since the first film came out in 2010. The fourth movie hits screens in October and is written by series co-creator Leigh Whannell.
For film buffs, this was one Elsa Lanchester's last movie roles, one of Sondra Locke's first and one of Ernest Borgnine's most delicious, om nom nom nom. The director was Daniel Mann, who also made such classics as Come Back, Little Sheba , The Teahouse of the August Moon , Butterfield 8 , and Our Man Flint .
Comedies to Combat Cabin Fever is the theme for January in Belfast Free Library's Friday Night Flix film series. The month offers four witty comedies spanning three decades - the 1970s through '90s.
Another year, another installment in the unyielding Underworld film series. The fifth entry in the blockbuster horror-influenced franchise once more drags the immaculate Kate Beckinsale as the vampire "death dealer" Selene and once more pours her into that PVC body suit that she pointlessly - but thankfully - always wears.
But when I think of the folks who died, whose time on Earth left an indelible impression on so many, and who throughout my life made me laugh and cry, whose music made me sing and smile and whose actions left me in awe and inspired, I know how special they truly were.
Since semi-retiring from WWE in 2003, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has become one of the world's biggest movie stars. Here are his 5 best performances.