Lee Marvin

Much like Humphrey Bogart before him, Lee Marvin rose through the ranks of movie stardom as a character actor, delivering expertly nasty and villainous turns in a series of B-movies before finally gra...
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BirthPlace
02/18/1924
New York City, NY
  • Award-winning composer Hamlisch lands lifetime honour
    By: WENN.com Source August 03, 2009 10:15am EST
    Award-winning American composer Marvin Hamlisch is to be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at Belgium's Ghent Film Festival, marking his outstanding career.
  • The Great Buck Howard Review
    By: Pete Hammond March 20, 2009 6:06am EST
    A total delight from start to finish, the wonderfully affectionate Great Buck Howard turns out to be a small but sweet movie pleasure.
  • Former Senator Arraigned in Travolta Case
    By: Emily Christianson January 28, 2009 10:06am EST
    The former Bahamas senator arrested over an alleged plot to extort money from movie John Travolta has been arraigned on two charges in the case, days after vowing to prove her innocence. Details behind the plot to extort $25 million from John Travolta and his family have been revealed. Bahamian authorities say paramedic Tarino Lightbourn was attempting to sell a one-page "refusal to transport" letter signed by John.
  • Two Caught in Travolta Extortion Plot
    By: Kit Bowen January 24, 2009 6:36am EST
    Authorities in the Bahamas have detained an island lawmaker and a paramedic in an alleged plot to extort money from actor John Travolta after the death of his son, The Associated Press reports.
  • Doubt Review
    By: Pete Hammond December 17, 2008 9:05am EST
    Doubt may make you question everything you already think you know -- which is precisely the point.
  • Appaloosa Review
    By: Pete Hammond September 18, 2008 10:21pm EST
    As Westerns go Appaloosa rides comfortably close to being a classic in the tradition of Unforgiven and 3:10 to Yuma. For fans of the genre, this is a masterful triumph for Ed Harris and a dynamite screen teaming with Viggo Mortensen.
  • Speed Racer Review
    By: Kit Bowen May 09, 2008 5:41am EST
    Filled with revved engines and vroom! visuals, Speed Racer is the perfect movie for video-gaming kids--but for others it may just cause migraines.
  • Charlie Bartlett Review
    By: Brian Marder February 22, 2008 4:45am EST
    Much like its title character, Charlie Bartlett just doesn’t fit in with its peer group (teen movies and psychology dramedies). And both the character and movie go to show you that sometimes it’s good--in this case very good--not to fit in.
  • Lee Marvin Tops Movie Badass Poll
    By: WENN.com Source October 06, 2007 7:49am EST
    Late tough guy Lee Marvin has topped a new poll naming the biggest movie badasses.
  • Who's Your Caddy? Review
    By: Brian Marder July 27, 2007 12:55pm EST
    If the title’s genius play on words makes you chuckle, quit while you’re ahead and skip this movie! Of course, do skip Who's Your Caddy? just the same if the title does nothing for you.